ПРАВОВІ АСПЕКТИ БОРОТЬБИ З COVID-19 НА АФРИКАНСЬКОМУ КОНТИНЕНТІ

Kseniia Makarchuk

doi:10.30888/2663-5712.2025-29-03-041

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Kseniia Makarchuk Lviv Polytechnic National University http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8987-8908

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2025-29-03-041

Keywords:

African countries, COVID-19 pandemic, administrative and legal means of combating epidemics, the effectiveness of anti-epidemic measures.

Abstract

The article examines the set of legal measures taken by African governments to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. The author analyses the administrative and legal means of combating the pandemic and the effectiveness of these steps to slow down the spread of

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