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Nigeria Beyond COVID-19

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By: Egungwu Chukwuka Benjamin  T he outbreak of Covid-19 across the globe has brought a lot of changes, it is expected that many things will change after facing the pandemic (post-Covid19). In this piece we will be looking at Nigeria before and after Covid-19. As we all know corona-virus (Covid-19) is a virus causing illness ranging from common cold to severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-COV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-COV). The disease which was traced to egress from Wuhan in China has so far dispersed to different continents/countries of the world. On 27th February 2020, the first case of the disease was announced, when an Italian citizen in Lagos tested positive for the virus. On 9th of March 2020 , a second case of the virus was reported in Ewekoro Ogun State about a Nigerian citizen who had contact with the Italian man. Since then there have been rapid spread of the virus across different states in country. This led to Nigeria govern...