Publications by authors named "Qays Abu-Saymeh"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant global impact, with Africa reporting over 12 million cases and 250,000 deaths by May 2022, highlighting the importance of prevention and surveillance measures.
- The study utilized Google Health Trends (GHT) to analyze COVID-19 incidence in 54 African countries by examining searches related to the virus and comparing them to actual case data during 2020-2021.
- Results showed a weak correlation between GHT data and COVID-19 incidence, indicating that GHT may not be effective for tracking such diseases, although certain demographic and Internet access variables provided some insights.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 25 million cases and 800 thousand deaths worldwide to date. In early days of the pandemic, neither vaccines nor therapeutic drugs were available for this novel coronavirus. All measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are thus based on reducing contact between infected and susceptible individuals.
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