Nigeria's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020
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2020Author
Dan-Nwafor, Chioma Cindy
Ochu, Chinwe Lucia
Elimian, Kelly Osezele
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The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
virus 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
likely 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
spread globally [4].