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Gauging the laboratory responses to coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) in Africa
Author(s) -
Odeyemi Festus Ayotunde,
Adekunle Ibrahim Ayoade,
Ogunbanjo Olakitan Wahab,
Folorunso Jamiu Bello,
Akinbolaji Thompson,
Olawoye Idowu Bolade
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.2280
Subject(s) - covid-19 , coronavirus , geography , pandemic , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , outbreak , socioeconomics , development economics , economic growth , virology , medicine , economics , pathology , physics , optics
The rampaging effect of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) in Africa is huge and have impacted almost every area of life. Across African states, there exist variations in the laboratory measures adopted, and these heterogeneous approaches, in turn, determines the successes or otherwise recorded. In this study, we assessed the various forms of laboratory responses to the containment, risk analyses, structures and features of COVID‐19 in high incidence African countries (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Algeria, Morocco, etc.) to aid better and efficient laboratory responses to the highly infectious diseases.