Looming threat of COVID-19 infection in Africa: act collectively, and fast

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10227, 2020, Pages 841-842

  Nkengasong, John N ^a   Mankoula, Wessam ^a  

^a Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AIR TRANSPORTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARANTINE; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL DISTANCING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANXIETY; BETACORONAVIRUS;

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

AFRICA; ANXIETY; BETACORONAVIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTIONS;

EID: 85081138742     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30464-5     Document Type: Note

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