Low uptake of COVID-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia: Evidence from a large-scale multi-country surveillance programme

• Main Authors: Dian Kusuma (Author), Rajendra Pradeepa (Author), Khadija I. Khawaja (Author), Mehedi Hasan (Author), Samreen Siddiqui (Author), Sara Mahmood (Author), Syed Mohsin Ali Shah (Author), Chamini K. De Silva (Author), Laksara de Silva (Author), Manoja Gamage (Author), Menka Loomba (Author), Vindya P. Rajakaruna (Author), Abu AM Hanif (Author), Rajan Babu Kamalesh (Author), Balachandran Kumarendran (Author), Marie Loh (Author), Archa Misra (Author), Asma Tassawar (Author), Akansha Tyagi (Author), Swati Waghdhare (Author), Saira Burney (Author), Sajjad Ahmad (Author), Viswanathan Mohan (Author), Malabika Sarker (Author), Ian Y. Goon (Author), Anuradhani Kasturiratne (Author), Jaspal S. Kooner (Author), Prasad Katulanda (Author), Sujeet Jha (Author), Ranjit Mohan Anjana (Author), Malay K. Mridha (Author), Franco Sassi (Author), John C. Chambers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: South Asia has become a major epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding South Asians' awareness, attitudes and experiences of early measures for the prevention of COVID-19 is key to improving the effectiveness and mitigating the social and economic impacts of pandemic respon...