Social distancing : how religion, culture and burial ceremony undermine the effort to curb COVID-19 in South Africa
Date
2020
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Online
Abstract
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has altered
the way we live, interact and socialized. The viral infection first detected in Wuhan China has rapidly spread
globally and subsequently declared a pandemic by the
World Health Organization.
Description
CITATION: Jaja, I. F., Anyanwu, M. U. & Jaja, C.-J. I. 2020. Social distancing : how religion, culture and burial ceremony undermine the effort to curb COVID-19 in South Africa. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 9:1077-1079, doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1769501.
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Keywords
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Prevention -- South Africa -- Religious aspects, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Prevention -- South Africa -- Cultural aspects, Social distance -- Health aspects -- South Africa
Citation
Jaja, I. F., Anyanwu, M. U. & Jaja, C.-J. I. 2020. Social distancing : how religion, culture and burial ceremony undermine the effort to curb COVID-19 in South Africa. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 9:1077-1079, doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1769501.