Associations between COVID-19 testing status, non-communicable diseases and HIV status among residents of sub-Saharan Africa during the first wave of the pandemic.
Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn FoláyanRoberto Ariel Abeldaño ZuñigaJorma I VirtanenMaha El TantawiGiuliana Florencia AbeldañoAnthonia Omotola IshabiyiMohammed JaferNuraldeen Maher Al-KhanatiMir Faeq Ali QuadriMuhammad Abrar YousafPassent EllakanyNtombifuthi NzimandeEshrat AraZumama KhalidFolake Barakat LawalJoanne LusherBamidele O PopoolaIfeoma IdigbeAbeedha Tu-Allah KhanMartin Amogre AyanoreBalgis GaffarBamidele Emmanuel OsamikaNourhan M AlyNicaise NdembiAnnie Lu NguyenPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)
Non-communicable diseases seem not to increase the risk for COVID-19 positive test while cohabiting seems to reduce this risk. The likelihood that those who know someone who tested positive to or who died from COVID-19 not getting tested when symptomatic suggests there is poor contact tracing in the region. People with respiratory conditions and depression need support to get tested for COVID-19.