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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Surveillance

Comparison of COVID-19 Pandemic Waves in 10 Countries in Southern Africa, 2020–2021

Joshua Smith-SreenComments to Author , Bridget Miller, Alinune N. Kabaghe, Evelyn Kim, Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo, Alean Frawley, Sarah Labuda, Eusébio Manuel, Helga Frietas, Anne C. Mwale, Tebogo Segolodi, Pauline Harvey, Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe, Alfredo E. Vergara, Eduardo S. Gudo, Eric J. Dziuban, Naemi Shoopala, Jonas Z. Hines, Simon Agolory, Muzala Kapina, Nyambe Sinyange, Michael Melchior, Kelsey Mirkovic, Agnes Mahomva, Surbhi Modhi, Stephanie Salyer, Andrew S. Azman, Catherine McLean, Lul P. Riek, Fred Asiimwe, Michelle Adler, Sikhatele Mazibuko, Velephi Okello, and Andrew F. Auld
Author affiliations: Public Health Institute/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Health Fellowship Program, Lilongwe, Malawi (J. Smith-Sreen, B. Miller); Malawi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lilongwe (A.N. Kabaghe, E. Kim, N. Wadonda-Kabondo, A.F. Auld); Angola Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Luanda, Angola (A. Frawley, S. Labuda); Angola Ministry of Health, Luanda (E. Manuel, H. Frietas); Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM), Lilongwe (A.C. Mwale); Botswana Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gaborone, Botswana (T. Segolodi, P. Harvey); Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness, Gaborone (O. Seitio-Kgokgwe); Mozambique Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maputo, Mozambique (A.E. Vergara); Mozambique National Institute for Health, Maputo (A.E. Vergara, E.J. Gudo); Namibia Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Windhoek, Namibia (E.J. Dziuban); Namibia Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek (N. Shoopala); Zambia; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia (J.Z. Hines, S. Agolory); Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), Lusaka (M. Kapina, N. Sinyange); Zimbabwe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harare, Zimbabwe (M. Melchior, K. Mirkovic); Zimbabwe Office of the President and Cabinet, Harare (A. Mahomva); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Modi, S.J. Salyer, C. McLean); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (S.J. Salyer, L.P. Riek); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (A.S. Azman); Lesotho Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Maseru, Lesotho (F. Asiimwe); Eswatini Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lobamba, Swaziland (M. Adler, S. Mazibuko); Eswatini Ministry of Health, Lobamba (V. Okello); The Global Fund, Geneva, Switzerland (A.F. Auld)

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Table 1

Total duration of 3 COVID-19 pandemic waves in 10 countries in southern Africa and time since start of wave in South Africa, April 6, 2020–September 19, 2021*

Country Wave 1
 Wave 2
 Wave 3
 Country average
Total duration, wk Time from start of SA wave, wk Total duration, wk Time from start of SA wave, wk Total duration, wk Time from start of SA wave, wk Total duration, wk Time from start of SA wave, wk
Angola† 30 13 13 20 10 9 17.7 14.0
Botswana 31 5 16 8 17 2 21.3 5.0
Eswatini 15 11 14 4 10 9 13.0 8.0
Lesotho 16 11 12 3 14 5 14.0 6.3
Malawi 15 10 18 5 15 4 16.0 6.3
Mozambique 20 12 19 6 16 3 18.3 7.0
Namibia 20 10 13 0 17 2 16.7 4.0
SA 22 Referent 16 Referent 19 Referent 19.0 Referent
Zambia 15 13 21 3 17 2 17.7 6.0
Zimbabwe
 11
 12
9
 7
14
 5
11.3
 8.0
Overall average 19.5 10.8 15.1 6.2 14.9 4.6 16.5 7.2

*Appendix Table 1 shows dates of starts, peaks, ends, and period definitions of pandemic waves. SA, South Africa. †Third wave in Angola had not yet reached its peak as of September 19, 2021.

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