The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing in Nigeria: ignorance or defiance.
Coronavirus
Nigeria
compliance
pandemic
social distancing
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
20
05
2020
accepted:
24
05
2020
entrez:
24
2
2021
pubmed:
25
2
2021
medline:
3
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The severity of the novel 2019 Coronavirus leaves much trepidation, anxiety and desperate measures are taken to curb the pandemic. Such measures according to WHO include hygiene, isolation and social distancing. If clustering of people is considered a major catalyst in the spread of corona virus, social distancing is therefore important for its control. But compliance has remained a concern, especially in Nigeria. We examine the concept and global trends in social distancing in infectious disease control and the negative feedback on public health as revealed in current body of knowledge from news media and other literatures. The risks associated with failure to comply with social distancing as a result of ignorance or defiance are highlighted.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33623577
doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23649
pii: PAMJ-SUPP-35-2-52
pmc: PMC7875744
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
52Informations de copyright
© Ebere Roseann Agusi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author declares no competing interests.