How well did Nigeria respond to COVID-19?

Authors: Agwu, Prince ;

Etiaba, Enyi;

Uzochukwu, Benjamin S.C.;

Onwujekwe, Obinna

Source: Medium

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In February 2020, Nigeria became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to confirm the presence of a COVID-19 case, which later rose to thousands of confirmed cases, and around 3000 deaths. The Nigerian government swung into action, declaring COVID-19 a public health emergency, scaling up testing facilities, increased funding to health agencies, and setting up a COVID-19 taskforce. However, citizens were not entirely pleased with the operations to stem the spread of the virus, inspiring lots of misconceptions which proved challenging to containment efforts. Non-compliance with non-pharmaceutical measures and flouting of lockdown rules were some sabotages to note. In some quarters, the virus was akin to famine, and people were interested in exiting hunger rather than the pandemic. Therefore, the overall management of COVID-19 calls for reflection in view of future likely events.

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Agwu, P., Etiaba, E., Uzochukwu, B. & Onwujekwe, O. 2022, How well did Nigeria respond to COVID-19?, Medium. Available at: https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/1b657e98-7a62-4bd9-a2fe-94b21d3a7ec0

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