The Impact Of Covid 19 Pandemic On Sub-Sahara Africa

Abstract

Coronavirus idisease i(COVID-19) iis ia idisease icaused iby ia inewly iemerging inovel icoronavirus icalled iSevere iAcute iRespiratory iSyndrome iCoronavirus i2 i(SARS-CoV2) ithat iappeared iin ilate i2019 idisseminating ito icause ia iglobal ipandemic iin i2020. iIt iis irelated ito ithe iSARS-CoV iand iMiddle iEastern iRespiratory iCoronavirus i(MERS-CoV) ithat iemerged iin ithe iearly i2000s iin iEast iAsia iand ithe iMiddle iEast irespectively. iThese iviruses iare iof izoonotic iorigin iwith iSARS-CoV2 ithought ito ihave ioriginated iin ibats. The objective of this article is to assess the impact of covid 19 pandemic on sub-sahara Africa. iA iconcise iand icomprehensive ireview iwas icarried iout iwith ithe iaid iof ionline iresearch ijournal iwebsites i(including iScienceDirect, iJSTOR, iResearchGate iand iGoogle iScholar) ias iwell ias iother iin-context iarticles. iThe iauthor iidentified ithat iat ithe ifirst istage, ithe icontinent istruggled ito istop ithe idisease ifrom icoming iinto ithe icontinent ipartly idue ito islow iresponse iin ilocking idown iits iborders, ian iact ithat ihas iproven ivery ieffective iin iterritories isuch ias iMacau, ibut ialso ithe ifailure iof icontact itracing iin ithe icontinent. iOnce ilocal itransmission ioverwhelmed ithe iprevention istrategy, imost icountries ion ithe icontinent iturned ito icontainment iefforts. iThese iefforts iexposed ithe iexisting isocioeconomic iinequalities ias idifferent isegments iof ithe isocieties ifaced idifferent ichallenges iamid ithe icontainment ipolices isuch ilockdown, icurfew, iand icessation iof imovement ito iand ifrom idifferent iparts iof ithe icountries.