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Second wave of COVID‐19 in Nigeria: Lessons from the first wave
Author(s) -
Okereke Melody,
Fortune Effiong,
Peter Adebiyi Oluwasina,
Ukor Nelson Ashinedu,
LuceroPrisno Don Eliseo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.3396
Subject(s) - preparedness , pandemic , covid-19 , case fatality rate , economic growth , third wave , political science , development economics , geography , medicine , environmental health , sociology , economics , law , political economy , disease , population , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
The COVID‐19 pandemic struck the world unawares. The virus is now spreading as never before, despite the initial progress recorded by several countries towards kerbing the pandemic. As the pandemic continues to spread across Africa, there is a need for countries in the continent to re‐evaluate, re‐strategise, and re‐invigorate their COVID‐19 responses and efforts based on lessons from the first wave, and Nigeria is no exception. Before the second wave was officially announced by the health authorities on 17 December 2020, there were 78,434 confirmed cases and 1221 deaths reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.6%. To ensure that Nigeria achieves total pandemic control and reacts better given the possibility of a second wave, we propose workable recommendations to strengthen our preparedness and readiness efforts. Here, we argue that lessons learnt from the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic can help Nigeria better react to the second wave.