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Desk Review on COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Sahara Africa: The Challenges and Proffered Solutions
Ayokunle Akinlabi
Ayodele J. Oyejide
Ebenezar O. Atoyebi
Adetokunbo Awonusi
Eti Herbert
Gbeminiyi Oyedele
Moses Abolade
Abstract
Like every other case of a pandemic that ever occurred, the COVID-19 pandemic has come with its lessons and implications to every aspect of life. In Asia, Europe and America, a considerable number of lives were claimed in the first two waves of the corona virus disease, while Africa, though predicted to suffer more loss, was relatively speared from enormous death rate. Nonetheless, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how much the African continent needs to prepare for future pandemics. Across the globe, several efforts were made towards identifying the epidemiology, controlling the spread, treating the infected, discovering and developing drugs or vaccines, as well as producing medical devices. In Africa, researchers were on their toes to maximize available resources and facilities to support government policies and ensure optimum safety of lives from the infectious disease. Therefore, this paper focuses on the more notable impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sub-Saharan Africa, while simultaneously highlighting the efforts that were made by researches, the government, individuals and other policy makers in mitigating the negative effect on human lives.
