Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 Mar;37(2):650-656. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3396. Epub 2021 Dec 2.
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.
新冠疫情的爆发令全世界猝不及防。尽管一些国家在遏制疫情方面取得了初步进展,但目前病毒的传播速度却前所未有。随着疫情在非洲继续蔓延,非洲国家有必要根据第一波疫情的经验教训,重新评估、重新调整和重新加强其应对和努力,尼日利亚也不例外。在 2020 年 12 月 17 日卫生当局正式宣布第二波疫情之前,尼日利亚已报告 78434 例确诊病例和 1221 例死亡病例,病死率(CFR)为 1.6%。为了确保尼日利亚实现全面的大流行控制,并在可能出现第二波疫情的情况下更好地应对,我们提出切实可行的建议,以加强我们的防备和准备工作。在这里,我们认为,从第一波新冠疫情中吸取的经验教训可以帮助尼日利亚更好地应对第二波疫情。