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cord-308165-pk8d48hs	Olu, Olushayo Oluseun	Moving from rhetoric to action: how Africa can use scientific evidence to halt the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-10-28		.txt	text/plain	3719	123	34	In this article, we review the relevant scientific literatures on the COVID-19 pandemic, and synthesize the relevant evidence that could potentially change the game in Africa's fight against the disease; finally we propose strategic recommendations for prevention and control of COVID-19 transmission in the Africa continent specifically. WHO recommends that all laboratory confirmed cases should be isolated and managed in health facility settings but where this is not possible priority should be given to cases with the probability of poor outcomes such as those aged above 60 years and with underlying medical conditions which put them at higher risk [35] . Recommendations for COVID-19 strategy development specific for the Africa continent Putting the above scientific evidences on the characteristics and dynamics of COVID-19 transmission, prevention and control into perspective against the backdrop of the social, cultural and economic context in Africa, we deduce several lessons which could guide African countries to better prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent.	cache/cord-308165-pk8d48hs.txt	txt/cord-308165-pk8d48hs.txt
