Onyechi Nwankwo, Nkiru E. Obande-Ogbuinya, Ben N. Ohuruogu, Uzochukwu C. Ibe, Theresa N. Nnaji, Ifeyinwa M. Okafor, Akamu L. Nworie, Stanly C. Anyigor-Ogah, Chinedu Nweke Idakari, John Donald Nweze and OkochaYusuf Item
COVID-19 Pandemic remains a source of worry to many Nigerians since it's manifestation in the country on 28th February 2020. This common enemy was first identified in Wuhan City of China in December 2019 and has continued to be a major public health crisis ravaging the world. This review assessed COVID-19 pandemic situation in Nigeria from the global perspective. The focus of the assessment was on the number of people tested, number of confirmed cases, deaths, and discharged. Data for the study was generated through electronic literature search in PubMed/Medline, Google, Google Scholar, Scopus database, magazines, Newspapers and grey literature focusing on research evidences of COVID-19 pandemic. Data generated was presented in graphs and bar chat to show the trend of occurrence of the disease in Nigeria and other countries in the world. The result of the review indicated among others that as at June 28 2020, Nigeria was among the countries with the smallest number of confirmed cases globally. However, it was observed that the total number of people tested of COVID-19 as at 28 June in Nigeria was 132304 (~0.07%), very small compared to other countries like China 90,410,000(~6.46%), USA 36,191,338 (10.96%), South Africa, 1745153(~3%) and India 9,297,749(~0.68%). It was also discovered that Nigeria among other countries had a low deaths rate due to COVID-19. The review further revealed that the low testing rate of 0.07% of the Nigerian population compared to other selected countries globally undermines the containment measure adopted by the government to control the novel virus hence the upsurge of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The review recommended among others that the government should improve on the testing capacity and the leadership of the drive should be headed by the professionals at all levels and not politicians to guarantee trust by the implementers.
