Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?

Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?

Abstract Since the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been identified in Wuhan, China, in the last week of December, the virus has spread across nations and continents affecting over 3 million people and putting the whole world to a halt. Nations across the globe went on lockdown in an at...

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Main Author: Issideen Ayinla Osseni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
Subjects:
COVID-19
Low-income country
Containment
Lockdown
Sanitary cordon
Benin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00235-6
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spelling doaj-632ea5b7b4c24b95b7eba6b718c7c88f2020-11-25T02:59:13ZengBMCTropical Medicine and Health1349-41472020-06-014811510.1186/s41182-020-00235-6Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?Issideen Ayinla Osseni0Department of Clinical Medicine, International School, Jinan UniversityAbstract Since the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been identified in Wuhan, China, in the last week of December, the virus has spread across nations and continents affecting over 3 million people and putting the whole world to a halt. Nations across the globe went on lockdown in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus and curb its propagation curve. Affected African countries did the same except for Benin, which opted for a sanitary cordon around the affected regions with free movement of people. The biggest challenge is the effectiveness of this measure.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00235-6COVID-19Low-income countryContainmentLockdownSanitary cordonBenin
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Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
Tropical Medicine and Health
COVID-19
Low-income country
Containment
Lockdown
Sanitary cordon
Benin
author_facet Issideen Ayinla Osseni
author_sort Issideen Ayinla Osseni
title Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
title_short Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
title_full Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
title_fullStr Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
title_full_unstemmed Benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
title_sort benin responds to covid-19: sanitary cordon without generalized containment or lockdown?
publisher BMC
series Tropical Medicine and Health
issn 1349-4147
publishDate 2020-06-01
description Abstract Since the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been identified in Wuhan, China, in the last week of December, the virus has spread across nations and continents affecting over 3 million people and putting the whole world to a halt. Nations across the globe went on lockdown in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus and curb its propagation curve. Affected African countries did the same except for Benin, which opted for a sanitary cordon around the affected regions with free movement of people. The biggest challenge is the effectiveness of this measure.
topic COVID-19
Low-income country
Containment
Lockdown
Sanitary cordon
Benin
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00235-6
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