COVID-19: lessons and experiences from South Africa's first surge

D Moonasar, A Pillay, E Leonard, R Naidoo… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
On 5 March 2020, South Africa recorded its first case of imported COVID-19. Since then,
cases in South Africa have increased exponentially with significant community transmission …

How South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on COVID-19 can be optimised

JA Singh - South African Medical Journal, 2020 - journals.co.za
South Africa (SA) recorded its first COVID-19 case on 5 March 2020. Since then, the country
has declared a State of Disaster on 15 March 2020,[1] a strict 3-week 'lockdown', effective 26 …

Covid-19: Africa records over 10 000 cases as lockdowns take hold

O Dyer - 2020 - bmj.com
Africa, so far the continent least affected by covid-19, registered 10 268 confirmed cases and
491 deaths on 7 April, passing a worrying landmark for public health experts who are still …

[图书][B] Coming out of COVID-19 lockdown: the next steps for Australian health care

S Duckett, W Mackey, A Stobart, H Swerissen - 2020 - apo.org.au
The SARS-CoV-2 virus (coronavirus) galvanised a public health response not seen in
Australia for more than a century. To prevent its spread, and the disease it causes, COVID …

COVID-19 pandemic: is Africa different?

EL Bamgboye, JA Omiye, OJ Afolaranmi… - Journal of the National …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has now spread to all the continents of the world with the possible exception of
Antarctica. However, Africa appears different when compared with all the other continents …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in South Africa

A Broadbent, H Combrink, B Smart - Global Epidemiology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
South Africa is a large country (1.2 m km2) ranging from temperate to sub-tropical climatic
conditions with large semi-arid areas. Population in 2020 is estimated at 59.62 million …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 in South Africa: lockdown strategy and its effects on public health and other contagious diseases

S Hatefi, F Smith, K Abou-El-Hossein, J Alizargar - Public Health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The current global pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is severely
affecting the global health system. There is no treatment or vaccine available for COVID-19 …

The South African response to the pandemic

SS Abdool Karim - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
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COVID-19 lockdowns in low-and middle-income countries: Success against COVID-19 at the price of greater costs

SA Madhi, GE Gray, N Ismail, A Izu… - SAMJ: South African …, 2020 - scielo.org.za
The extended lockdown in SA was estimated to have reduced tax revenue collection by a
tectonic ZAR285 billion,[12] in contrast to the ZAR200 billion annual budget in 2020/21 for …

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

N Haider, AY Osman, A Gadzekpo, GO Akipede… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-
19. However, the term 'lockdown'is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO's reference to 'so-called …