Epidemic and control of COVID-19 in Niger: quantitative analyses in a least developed country
Ali Issakou Malam Tchole, Zhenwei Li, Jia-Te Wei, Run‐Ze Ye, Wenjing Wang, Wan-Yu Du, Hai-Tao Wang, Chao-Nan Yin, Xiaokang Ji, Fuzhong Xue, Alassan Maman Bachir, Lin Zhao, Wu‐Chun Cao
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging the public health response system worldwide, especially in poverty-stricken, war-torn, and least developed countries (LDCs). METHODS: ), evaluated the impact of public health control measures, and estimated the disease burden. RESULTS: quickly dropped to below the epidemic threshold (<1), and maintained low level afterward. The national disability-adjusted life years attributable to COVID-19 was 1267.38 years in total, of which years of life lost accounted for over 99.1%. CONCLUSIONS: Classic public health control measures such as prohibition of public gatherings, travelling ban, contact tracing, and isolation and quarantine at home, are proved to be effective to contain the outbreak in Niger, and provide guidance for controlling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in LDCs.