Abstract
This study is based on a social network analysis of newspaper articles relating to the Corona pandemic contained in the African daily newspaper African News. The aim of the study is to analyse what life-changes have been brought about in Africa as a result of the Corona pandemic, so that this information can be used in official development assistance policies for Africa. For this purpose, a text network analysis method was used. As a result of the analysis, the life-changes experienced by African residents as a consequence of the Corona pandemic are summarized into five broad categories. The five topics are: the Government’s countermeasures against the virus; recovery measures in African countries; measures relating to personal health; Government measures relating to schools; and an increase in the number of deaths from Coronavirus. After the Coronavirus pandemic, the aid that should be provided most urgently to Africa is in the fields of health and education. It is hoped that aid donors will refer to the points found in this analysis and reflect them in their aid policy.
Highlights
On 6 December 2020, the number of confirme d Coronavirus cases reached 65,651,683 world wide after the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), on 11 March 20 20, declared the Corona-19 pandemic, the high est grade among the six levels of infectious d isease warning
This study aims to re design the Officia l Development Assistance (ODA) policy direction for African c ontinental countries in the post-Corona era
4 CONCLUSIONS Countries in Africa are expected to suffer the most damage from the Corona pandemic, owi ng to poor public health facilities (Mazzurco & Jesiek, 2017)
Summary
On 6 December 2020, the number of confirme d Coronavirus cases reached 65,651,683 world wide after the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), on 11 March 20 20, declared the Corona-19 pandemic, the high est grade among the six levels of infectious d isease warning. It is estimated that the actual number of confir med cases will be higher in vulnerable countri es such as Africa, owing to shortage of diag nostic kits and medical personnel. The WHO warns that, even if vaccines and tr eatments for Corona are developed and put int o action, a so-called ‘endemic’ such as Coron a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may a rrive and never disappear. Even if a vaccine is made and a cure found, the th reat of Corona-19 can lead to an endemic that lasts for ever, never completely disappearing
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