Surveys Panel Surveys of the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of Covid-19 on Household Living Conditions in Cameroon: Third Passage – Household Component Policy Guidance Note

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The epidemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19), appeared in the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019, spread rapidly into outside China and has been declared as pandemic World the 11 March 2020. The first case was reported in Cameroon on 6 March of the same year and from then on the disease spread throughout the country national Practicing thus an increase Progressive number of cases of people and deaths. As of February 28, 2021 (the 1st round of the survey having taken place in February 2021), Cameroon already recorded about 39,000 cases of infection. This workforce is increased to 82,414 cases on July 31, 2021 (month of completion of the 2nd pass) and then to 119,924 cases on April 30, 2022 (month of completion of the 3rd pass)1. In response to the pandemic, the Government, following the World Health Organization (WHO), took a series of 17 restrictive measures on 17 March 2020, supplemented by 7 others almost three weeks later (April 9). Those measures were, among others, the closure of borders, the closure of leisure places such as that the Bars Restaurants the closure some As well School the closure some borders, the limitation of the number of places on public transport. Those measurements Restrictive Taken Have likely had significant incidents on household life and the national economy in General. Despite the lifting of some of these measurements Restrictive in end April 2020, the living conditions of households remain under the threat from this pandemic. This Last continues to claim victims within the population and impact negatively the economic activities. Protection against This pandemic through vaccination has also in the country. Indeed, on April 30 In 2022, there were already 1,552,320 people having received at least one dose of vaccine. In This report, the Terms “Passage” and “phase” will be used to mean the same thing. This third passage of the panel survey2 has for objective general to evaluate the repercussions of the health crisis due to the COVID-19 on household activities, sources of income and the consumption of households in Cameroon. More specifically, it is from answer at A few Questions at To know : The Populations Are sufficiently informed about COVID-19? What are the barrier measures adopted in the breast from the population ? What are the economic and social consequences of this pandemic on the activities and revenue some Households? How good are households willing to be tested or vaccinated against this disease? These are some of the some of the issues that are being examined in this report. The purpose of this policy brief is to to present the main results that have been achieved clear from those waves of investigation and from propose recommendations that are the implementation of the in work east touchy improve the socio-economic situation of households in the Cameroon.

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