Are Strict Lockdowns Suited to Populations Who Live Hand to Mouth? A Closer Look at Malawi

“We have already seen upper-middle- and high-income countries such as China, Spain, Italy, and the US applying social distancing strategies in order to control COVID-19. However, for several reasons, the impact on a country like Malawi, and other poor sub-Saharan African countries of both the outbreak itself and social distancing measures to control it, is likely to be different.”