Strategies combining self-isolation, moderate physical distancing and shielding likely most effective COVID-19 response for African countries

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) "African countries can enact COVID-19 response strategies that reduce economic damage yet save many lives while also reducing health service pressure, suggests a new preliminary study by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The research modelled the impact of different intervention strategies on severe cases and mortality in Niger, Nigeria, and Mauritius, countries chosen for analysis because they have the youngest, median-age and oldest populations in Africa." (Photo: MMS)

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