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NIGERIA: Coping with COVID-19 in Two Urban Communities in Ibadan, Nigeria

Author : Akinyinka O. Omigbodun

Published in: Cities Under COVID-19: A Systems Perspective

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

The arrival of the severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Nigeria in February 2020 caught the health system and other community services largely unprepared to cope with the challenges that the pandemic was to bring. This lack of preparedness was particularly felt in urban areas where large population concentrations in overcrowded spaces provided circumstances that were highly conducive to the rapid spread of an airborne respiratory disease such as SARS-CoV-2.

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Metadata
Title
NIGERIA: Coping with COVID-19 in Two Urban Communities in Ibadan, Nigeria
Author
Akinyinka O. Omigbodun
Copyright Year
2023
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8163-0_13