Author/Authors :
Wangari, Edwin N. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Gichuki, Peter Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Abuor, Angelyne A. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Wambui, Jacqueline Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Okeyo, Stephen O. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Oyatsi, Henry T.N. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Odikara, Shadrack Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya , Kulohoma, Benard W. Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, - University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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.
Keywords :
Kenya , COVID-19 , pandemic response , transmission , disease control measures
