dc.contributor.author | Edwin N Wangari, Peter Gichuki, Angelyne A Abuor, Jacqueline Wambui, Stephen O Okeyo, Henry TN Oyatsi, Shadrack Odikara, Benard W Kulohoma | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-21T06:46:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-21T06:46:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3782 | |
dc.description.abstract | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has ravaged the world’s socioeconomic systems forcing many governments across the globe to implement unprecedented stringent mitigation measures to restrain its rapid spread and adverse effects. A disproportionate number of COVID-19 related morbidities and mortalities were predicted to occur in Africa. However, Africa still has a lower than predicted number of cases, 4% of the global pandemic burden. In this open letter, we highlight some of the early stringent countermeasures implemented in Kenya, a sub-Saharan African country, to avert the severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These mitigation measures strike a balance between minimising COVID-19 associated morbidity and fatalities and its adverse economic impact, and taken together have significantly dampened the pandemic’s impact on Kenya’s populace. | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Academy of Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Kenya, COVID-19, pandemic response, transmission, disease control measures | en_US |
dc.title | Kenya’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a balance between minimising morbidity and adverse economic impact | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |