Nigeria’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020
Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Chinwe Lucia Ochu, Kelly Elimian, John Oladejo, Elsie Ilori, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Laura C. Steinhardt, Ehimario Igumbor, John Wagai, Tochi Okwor, Olaolu Aderinola, Nwando Mba, Assad Hassan, Mahmood Dalhat, Kola Jinadu, Sikiru Badaru, Chinedu Arinze, Jafiya Abubakar, Yahya Disu, Fatima Saleh, Anwar Abubakar, Celestina Obiekea, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Dhamari Naidoo, Geoffrey Namara, Saleh Muhammad, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Chinenye Ofoegbunam, Oladipo Ogunbode, Charles Akatobi, Matthias Alagi, Rimamdeyati Yashe, Emily Crawford, Oyeladun Okunromade, Everistus Aniaku, Sandra Mba, Emmanuel Agogo, Michael Olugbile, Chibuzo Eneh, Anthony Ahumibe, William Nwachukwu, Priscilla Ibekwe, Ope-Oluwa Adejoro, Winifred Ukponu, Adebola Olayinka, Ifeanyi Okudo, Olusola Aruna, Fatima Yusuf, Morenike Alex-Okoh, Temidayo Fawole, Akeem Alaka, Hassan Muntari, Sebastian Yennan, Rhoda Atteh, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Abiodun Ogunniyi, Blessing Ebhodaghe, Virgile Lokossou, Mohammed Abudulaziz, Bimpe Adebiyi, Akin Abayomi, Ismail Abudus-Salam, Sunday Omilabu, Lukman Ademola Lawal, M.U. Kawu, Basheer Muhammad, Aminu Tsanyawa, Festus Soyinka, Tomi Coker, Olaniran Alabi, Tony Joannis, Ibrahim Dalhatu, Mahesh Swaminathan, Babatunde Lawal Salako, Ibrahim Abubakar, Fiona Braka, Patrick Nguku, Sani Aliyu, Chikwe Ihekweazu
Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome \nvirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1] was first reported in December 2019 by Chinese Health Authorities following an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, Hubei Province [2,3]. SARS-CoV-2 is \nlikely of zoonotic origin, similar to SARS and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and transmitted between humans through respiratory droplets and fomites. Since its emergence, it has rapidly \nspread globally [4].