Introduction: COVID-19 and the Law in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDurojaye, Ebenezer
dc.contributor.authorLwabukuna, Olivia
dc.contributor.authorOette, Lutz
dc.contributor.authorWilliams-Elegbe, Sope
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-01T12:10:35Z
dc.date.available2022-02-01T12:10:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractFollowing its arrival in African countries in February 2020, COVID-19 has severely tested fragile health systems and economies. Since then, it has taken a heavy toll on individual lives and collective wellbeing. In late February 2021, “all 47 countries [in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region] had reported a total of 2,789,965 confirmed cases and 71,204 deaths with case fatality rate of 2.6%”. 1 With limited availability of vaccines and the spread of variants, the WHO concluded in April 2021 that “the risk associated with further spread of the SARS-CoV-2 VOCs in the African Region is currently assessed as high to very high for the overall population and very high for vulnerable individuals”. 2 The COVID-19 pandemic and the responses to it have generated common challenges and tensions, particularly concerning the relationship between public health measures on the one hand and the need to protect humanen_US
dc.identifier.citationDurojaye, E. et al. (2021) Introduction: COVID-19 and the Law in Africa. Journal of African Law, 65, S2. pp. 173 - 180. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855321000437en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855321000437
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7141
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectLawen_US
dc.subjectHealth systemsen_US
dc.titleIntroduction: COVID-19 and the Law in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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