Challenges in Adhering to Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines and Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 in Lagos State
Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital and commercial nerve centre of the country is a city with an estimated population of over 15 million. There is a constant hum of activity, which is the reason it has earned the reputation of a city that never sleeps. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lagos State Government came […]
Fighting Ignorance and Misinformation about COVID-19: The Kano Strategy
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered virus. It is a disease unknown to the world before the outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019. With little or no information about this novel viral disease, false and misleading information became rampant. The proliferation of this fake news especially on […]
In The Midst of Rumors: Kano State’s Response at the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaration of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEOIC) in January 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) organised a 2-day simulation exercise for states on the outbreak response in Abuja. On February 27, 2020, the first day of the […]