TITLE:
COVID-19: Impact and Opportunities in Gabon
AUTHORS:
Stephan Yannick Popouet
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19, Impact, Africa, Gabon, Responses, Economy, Opportunity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.8,
August
10,
2021
ABSTRACT: Since the discovery of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
in December 2019, the World has been facing a new
strain of virus that has not been previously identified in humans and has
rapidly been affecting people around the World. Initially less affected, the
African continent reported more than 4,360,383 cases in general with more than
20,636 confirmed cases in Gabon. This research will present the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic in Africa in general with a particular view of the case of Gabon. This
perspective aims to update data and provide information on the pandemic
situation for the small central African country. This research will first
explore the economic impact of the global pandemic on a developing country like
Gabon, Gabon’s strategies in combatting the virus and the opportunities
presented by COVID-19. Documentary and qualitative research methods were used
to analyse this topic.