Fumigation of Schools for COVID-19 Prevention in Nigeria: The Need for a Rethink

The government of Nigeria ordered closure of schools to slow the spread of COVID-19 when the pandemic hit the country. About 5 months into the outbreak, secondary schools have been reopened to allow students to write their terminal examinations. Many state governments and school owners are fumigatin...

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Autores principales: Oyeyemi, Abisoye, Adesina, Adedotun, Ogoina, Dimie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020
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Perspective Piece
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32851971
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1037
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description The government of Nigeria ordered closure of schools to slow the spread of COVID-19 when the pandemic hit the country. About 5 months into the outbreak, secondary schools have been reopened to allow students to write their terminal examinations. Many state governments and school owners are fumigating their schools as a way of disinfecting the school environment and ensuring safe resumption of academic activities. We discuss the undue attention given to fumigation in this instance and stress the importance of addressing more beneficial and sustainable strategies to prevent COVID-19 in Nigerian schools.
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spelling pubmed-75438112020-10-11 Fumigation of Schools for COVID-19 Prevention in Nigeria: The Need for a Rethink Oyeyemi, Abisoye Adesina, Adedotun Ogoina, Dimie Am J Trop Med Hyg Perspective Piece The government of Nigeria ordered closure of schools to slow the spread of COVID-19 when the pandemic hit the country. About 5 months into the outbreak, secondary schools have been reopened to allow students to write their terminal examinations. Many state governments and school owners are fumigating their schools as a way of disinfecting the school environment and ensuring safe resumption of academic activities. We discuss the undue attention given to fumigation in this instance and stress the importance of addressing more beneficial and sustainable strategies to prevent COVID-19 in Nigerian schools. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020-10 2020-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7543811/ /pubmed/32851971 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1037 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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