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

• Published in: BMJ global health Vol. 5; no. 10; p. e003319
• Main Authors: Haider, Najmul, Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf, Gadzekpo, Audrey, Akipede, George O, Asogun, Danny, Ansumana, Rashid, Lessells, Richard John, Khan, Palwasha, Hamid, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Mboera, Leonard, Shayo, Elizabeth Henry, Mmbaga, Blandina T, Urassa, Mark, Musoke, David, Kapata, Nathan, Ferrand, Rashida Abbas, Kapata, Pascalina-Chanda, Stigler, Florian, Czypionka, Thomas, Zumla, Alimuddin, Kock, Richard, McCoy, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.10.2020; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Africa South of the Sahara; Analysis; Betacoronavirus; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - statistics & numerical data; Communicable Disease Control - methods; Communicable Disease Control - statistics & numerical data; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Design; Disease control; Disease transmission; Economic life; Global health; Humans; Hygiene; Infections; Infectious diseases; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Population; Quarantine; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Africa South of the Sahara; Europe; Sudan; Africa; Tanzania; Zambia; Sierra Leone; Ghana; North America; China; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Uganda; Nigeria; SARS

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 lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally accepted definition of the term ‘lockdown’. We propose...