2024/07/13 by Monsudi, Kehinde Fasasi, Ayodapo, Abayomi Olusola
#COVID-19 #Health workers #Nigeria #PPE #Presidential Task Force #pubic health
paper · doi:10.60787/tnhj.v20i1.471
Background: Coronavirus Disease started in Wuhan China at the tail end of 2019. Since then it has spread to all continents of the world like wildfire, resulting in declaration of COVID-19 as pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO) in 11th Mach 2020. Nigeria recorded its first confirmed case in February 2020. As of today it has spread throughout the country. The Presidential Task Force was set up by Federal Government immediately with responsibility of coordinating the national response, and mitigating against the spread. However, the challenges faced by the state governments were enormous, viz-a-viz setting up isolation center, provision of test kits, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and training of manpower. Conclusion: There is need for all level of governments and citizens to work together in creating more awareness on COVID-19 in other to mitigate the spread of this deadly virus.