COVID-19: a perspective for lifting lockdown in Zimbabwe.


Journal

The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 24 04 2020
accepted: 26 04 2020
entrez: 13 6 2020
pubmed: 13 6 2020
medline: 18 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) scourge has challenged the world's health systems and presented multiple socio-economic and public health challenges to the states it has affected. Zimbabwe has been affected by the pandemic, and in response, the government has set up an array of measures, including a national lockdown, to curb transmission. While it is critical to maintain such vigorous containment measures, socio-economic pressures in Zimbabwe will challenge the sustainability of the lockdown. Given the potential for lift of the lockdown before the Covid-19 pandemic ends, we discuss the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Zimbabwe and viewpoints on important considerations and strategies for lifting the lockdown.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32528624
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.2.23059
pii: PAMJ-SUPP-35-2-13
pmc: PMC7266481
doi:

Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

13

Informations de copyright

© Mathias Dzobo et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Mathias Dzobo (M)

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Itai Chitungo (I)

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Tafadzwa Dzinamarira (T)

Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4001, South Africa.

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