population

Data concerning distancing policies implemented in Africa and the dataset includes the name of the African Country observed, the distancing policy, date of implementation, as well as the source information.

non-collection specific

(Complex) Released

TAR.GZ

Country

Africa

English

Olubusola Oladeji

Elaine O. Nsoesie

COVID-19 distancing policies that have been implemented in African Country

A census of infectious disease control strategies put into place to reduce infection acquisitions that are part of an infection in an ecosystem.

control strategy census

An infectious disease control strategy census that is about school closure infectious disease control strategies implemented in a particular geographical region.

school closure control strategy census

Events that were cancelled due to an outbreak.

event cancellations

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the bearer of an infectious dispositions towards an organism of a different particular biological taxon.

pathogen

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the site of reproduction of an organism of a different taxon.

host organism

Homo sapiens

A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.

disease

A disease whose physical basis is an infectious disorder.

infectious disease

A Coronavirus infection that is characterized by fever, cough and shortness of breath and that has_material_basis_in SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19

A data item that is an aggregate of other data items of the same type that have something in common. Averages and distributions can be determined for data sets.

Identifier	URL:https://github.com/ensoesie/Covid19DistancingAfrica
Type	data set
Biological Scale	population
Collection End Date	2020/04/20
Language	English
Topics	control strategy census event cancellations school closure control strategy census disease infectious disease COVID-19 host organism Homo sapiens pathogen Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Geographical Scope	Africa
Geographical Resolution	Country
Start Date	2020/02/07
End Date	2020/04/30
Version	1.0
Accessible For Free	TRUE
License	unspecified
Rights	unspecified
HTTP Status Code	200
HTTP Checked On	2025/06/16