Document Type

Research Paper

Date

4-6-2024

Abstract

How has the Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020 and the pandemic that followed been handled in Sub-Saharan Africa? What was done well and what was done poorly and why? What are the implications of the way it was handled? These questions and more are answered throughout this paper, using Rwanda as an example of a Sub-Saharan African country who handled it relatively well and neighboring Tanzania as an example of a Sub-Saharan African country that mishandled the outbreak and pandemic. In early 2021, most Sub-Saharan African countries had been afflicted by Covid-19 at a relatively lower rate than many Western countries. This is believed to have been in part due to early and aggressive political regulations; many of which included nationwide lockdowns, travel restrictions, face mask wearing, contact tracing, and isolation of those who were exposed or tested positive. Other societal factors such as younger populations and potential partial cross-immunity from other viruses and potential previous strains of coronavirus have also been a hypothesized cause. There were also many issues with some Sub-Saharan African countries’ handling of the pandemic in the form of misinformation, political tension, lack of resources and food, as well as many other economic issues.

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