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Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria

COVID-19 has become a threat to the existence of man as no method of effective treatment has been found. Although the WHO has given guidelines that include physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is not feasible in practice with commercial motorcycle operation, which is a major sou...

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Autores principales: Avwioro, Godwin Ovie, Egwunyenga, Andy, Iyiola, Sina, Odibo, Ewomazino, Onyije, Felix M., Oyinbo, Charles A., Avwioro, Temidayo, Enitan, Seyi Samson, Mgbere, Osaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences / Next Einstein Initiative. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34901582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01065
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author Avwioro, Godwin Ovie
Egwunyenga, Andy
Iyiola, Sina
Odibo, Ewomazino
Onyije, Felix M.
Oyinbo, Charles A.
Avwioro, Temidayo
Enitan, Seyi Samson
Mgbere, Osaro
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Egwunyenga, Andy
Iyiola, Sina
Odibo, Ewomazino
Onyije, Felix M.
Oyinbo, Charles A.
Avwioro, Temidayo
Enitan, Seyi Samson
Mgbere, Osaro
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description COVID-19 has become a threat to the existence of man as no method of effective treatment has been found. Although the WHO has given guidelines that include physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is not feasible in practice with commercial motorcycle operation, which is a major source of income and means of transportation in Nigeria. We examined the COVID-19 knowledge, awareness, and preventive practices among commercial motorcycle operators (CMOs) and the potentials for community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the South-South region of Nigeria. Data used was collected from a cross-sectional survey of 777 CMOs operating in the South-South region of Nigeria. The instrument captured information on their biodata, knowledge, awareness, and preventive practices of COVID-19. The data obtained were subjected to both descriptive and inferential analyses using SAS JMP Statistical Discovery™ software version 14.3 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, USA). The majority of the CMOs were of age category 26–35 years (36.4%), married (82.1%), under a monogamous union (83.8%), had 3–4 children (43.4%) and resided in rural areas (60.8%). The mean years of experience of the CMOs was 4.9 ± 2.45 years with most depending on daily income of N1,000–2,000 (87.6%). All the CMOs were aware of the existence of COVID-19, but 93.3% of them did not believe it existed in their state. Only 37.8% of them put on facemasks while on duty, although they were aware that they could be infected or infect others in the community. Prevention practices among CMOs were significantly predicted by age category, type of family, number of dependents, and place of residence. We conclude that CMOs have high potentials for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the communities because the business does not permit physical distancing. It is recommended that guidelines requiring mandatory screening of operators and riders be implemented.
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spelling pubmed-86533952021-12-08 Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria Avwioro, Godwin Ovie Egwunyenga, Andy Iyiola, Sina Odibo, Ewomazino Onyije, Felix M. Oyinbo, Charles A. Avwioro, Temidayo Enitan, Seyi Samson Mgbere, Osaro Sci Afr Article COVID-19 has become a threat to the existence of man as no method of effective treatment has been found. Although the WHO has given guidelines that include physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is not feasible in practice with commercial motorcycle operation, which is a major source of income and means of transportation in Nigeria. We examined the COVID-19 knowledge, awareness, and preventive practices among commercial motorcycle operators (CMOs) and the potentials for community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the South-South region of Nigeria. Data used was collected from a cross-sectional survey of 777 CMOs operating in the South-South region of Nigeria. The instrument captured information on their biodata, knowledge, awareness, and preventive practices of COVID-19. The data obtained were subjected to both descriptive and inferential analyses using SAS JMP Statistical Discovery™ software version 14.3 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina, USA). The majority of the CMOs were of age category 26–35 years (36.4%), married (82.1%), under a monogamous union (83.8%), had 3–4 children (43.4%) and resided in rural areas (60.8%). The mean years of experience of the CMOs was 4.9 ± 2.45 years with most depending on daily income of N1,000–2,000 (87.6%). All the CMOs were aware of the existence of COVID-19, but 93.3% of them did not believe it existed in their state. Only 37.8% of them put on facemasks while on duty, although they were aware that they could be infected or infect others in the community. Prevention practices among CMOs were significantly predicted by age category, type of family, number of dependents, and place of residence. We conclude that CMOs have high potentials for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the communities because the business does not permit physical distancing. It is recommended that guidelines requiring mandatory screening of operators and riders be implemented. The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences / Next Einstein Initiative. 2022-03 2021-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8653395/ /pubmed/34901582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01065 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences / Next Einstein Initiative. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Avwioro, Godwin Ovie
Egwunyenga, Andy
Iyiola, Sina
Odibo, Ewomazino
Onyije, Felix M.
Oyinbo, Charles A.
Avwioro, Temidayo
Enitan, Seyi Samson
Mgbere, Osaro
Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria
title Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria
title_full Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria
title_fullStr Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria
title_short Commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South-South Nigeria
title_sort commercial motorcycle operators pose high risk for community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in south-south nigeria
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8653395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34901582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01065
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