ABSTRACT The recently emerged novel coronavirus, “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)”, caused a highly contagious disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus was first reported from Wuhan city in China in December, 2019, which in less than three months spread throughout the globe and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11th of March, 2020. So far, the ongoing pandemic severely damaged the world’s most developed countries and is becoming a major threat for low- and middle-income countries. The poorest continent, Africa with the most vulnerable populations to infectious diseases, is predicted to be significantly affected by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, in this review we collected and summarized the currently available literature on the epidemiology, etiology, vulnerability, preparedness and economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa, which could be useful and provide necessary information on ongoing COVID-19 pandemics in the continent. We also briefly summarized the concomitance of the COVID-19 pandemic and global warming.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, Epidemiology, Africa, Global warming, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, pandemic, Diseases, COVID-19 pandemic, virus, Population, Novel coronavirus, global pandemic, Spread, China, COVID-19 outbreak, Wuhan, Pandemics, WHO, etiology, information, disease, Coronavirus-2, World Health Organization, acute respiratory syndrome, contagious, country, concomitance, predicted, affected, collected, caused, globe, significantly, reported, less, damaged, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19 pandemic, African, Perspective,