Underreporting of Cases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Worrying Warning for Africa
Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone 1 * , Federico Garoli 2 , Pritik A Shah 3 , Manar Ahmed Kamal 4 , Faisal A Nawaz 5
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1 Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BRAZIL2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, ITALY3 Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA4 Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, EGYPT5 College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES* Corresponding Author

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In this manuscript, we discuss the current epidemiological scenario of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Africa, its implications, as well as propose recommendations.

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Article Type: Letter to Editor

J CONTEMP STUD EPIDEMIOL PUBLIC HEALTH, 2022, Volume 3, Issue 1, Article No: ep22001

https://doi.org/10.30935/jconseph/11467

Publication date: 03 Jan 2022

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