Segmentation of African countries based on infection and death rates of COVID-19 before vaccination: A rigid population to source for workforce amidst the pandemic?
Sci Afr
; 18: e01430, 2022 Nov.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2096007
ABSTRACT
This study established segments among African countries to show the hierarchies of COVID-19 infection and death rates across the continent before the commencement of vaccination. Four clusters were extracted, each consisting of countries with a similar number of cumulative infections and deaths per 100 thousand population. When compared with the pre-vaccination figures from Europe, Americas, and Asia, it was observed that the African population exhibited a good level of rigidity and resilience to the pandemic, pre-vaccination. Majority of African countries - evaluating to 84% - were clustered into the segment with low infection and low death rates. Only 4% of the countries were clustered into the higher infection and highest death rates segment. This is an indication of the rigidity of a greater part of the African population to COVID-19 before vaccination. To forestall total business shutdown in the event of a similar pandemic in the future, multinational corporations could explore their workforce from the African population given the level of rigidity exhibited pre-vaccination.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Afr
Year:
2022
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Article
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J.sciaf.2022.e01430
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