Background
The onset of the Corona Virus Diseases of 2019 (Covid19) pandemic has
led to debates on the relevance of country-wide lockdowns as tools for
responding to this pandemic. This commentary contributes to this debate
by focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Thus the aim here is to
interrogate the relevance of total country lockdowns in responding to
the Covid19 pandemic in SSA. A search of existing literature in academic
journals was done in order to build the premise of the commentary. The
search included capturing publications that focused on Covid19 with
relevance to SSA; through this process, 8 publications were identified
and included in the study.