Smythe, T
Inglis-Jassiem, G
Conradie, T
Kamalakannan, S
Fernandes, S
van-Niekerk, SM
English, R
Webster, J
Hameed, S
Louw, QA
Article History
Received: 9 December 2021
Accepted: 31 March 2022
First Online: 9 April 2022
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the study was granted from the Health Research Ethics Committee (HREC) Stellenbosch University (Ethics Reference Number N20/05/058) and the Observation Research Ethics Committee (ORES) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Ethics Reference Number 21883).We confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Our research was undertaken in accordance with government mandated restrictions to control the covid-19 pandemic. All participants provided verbal informed consent. The verbal consent procedure that was used in this study was approved by Health Research Ethics Committee Stellenbosch University (N20/05/058) and Observation Research Ethics Committee LSHTM (21883).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.