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ArticleScientific African2022

The short-term effect of the government of Ghana's decision to open borders at the early-onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Karen N B Clottey, Godwin Debrah, Louis Asiedu, Samuel Iddi

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Article in Scientific African, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Karen N B ClotteyDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 115, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
Godwin DebrahDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 115, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
Louis AsieduDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 115, Legon-Accra, Ghana.
Samuel IddiDepartment of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 115, Legon-Accra, Ghana.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI) are used in public health to mitigate the risk and impact of epidemics or pandemics in the absence of medical or pharmaceutical solutions. Prior to the release of vaccines, COVID-19 control solely depended on NPIs. The Government of Ghana after assessing early NPIs introduced at the early stage of the pandemic began to ease some restrictions by the opening of international borders with isolation and quarantine measures enforced. It was argued by some experts that this was a hasty decision. In this study, we assessed the impact of the opening of borders to ascertain if this action caused a surge or otherwise in cases in the country. Using data from the database on Africa's records of COVID-19 from the John Hopkins University, the Generalized Linear Model (GLM) time-series regression model for count data was applied to study effects in Ghana during a 4-month and 8-month period post-opening of borders. The study showed that after the decision of the government to open international borders, Ghana's expected case count declined by

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COVID-19Generalized linear modelIntervention analysisNon-Pharmaceutical interventionsPoisson time-series

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PMID35765589
PMCPMC9221931

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