Ebrima K. Ceesay, Topic: Assesses the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social-Economic Situation in Africa, International Journal of Coronaviruses, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 1-10, ISSN 2692-1537, https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3671.
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Abstract: Assesses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the social and economic situation in Africa. The data used in this paper was generated from online survey questionnaire, in which the participants were asked about certain questions in which covid-19 affects their social-economic life. The questionnaire was designed to help Africa to understand covid-19 impacts. The results reveal that covid-19 affected Africa; 1) 51.6% responded said that coronavirus affects their job search 2) Over the past three months, 47.1 percent of the respondents said their private financial situation remains unchanged 3) 61 percent did not trust the true existence of the Covid-19. 5) According to this online survey administered using Google form, 51.8 percent of the respondents said services sectors are most impacted sector pandemic, followed by industrial sector, 31.3 percent and agriculture is the least sector at 8.4 percent. Policy implication is that it has serious impacts on social-economics interactions.
Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; Coronavirus Pandemic; Social distancing; Economic sectors; online survey