Epidemiological comparison of the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, February 2020-April 2021.
Oluwatosin Wuraola AkandeKelly Osezele ElimianEhimario U IgumborLauryn DunkwuChijioke KaduruOlubunmi Omowunmi OlophaDabri Olohije OhanuLilian NwozorEmmanuel AgogoOlusola ArunaMuhammad Shakir BalogunOlaolu AderinolaAnthony AhumibeChinedu ArinzeSikiru Olanrewaju BadaruWilliam NwachukwuAugustine Olajide DadaCyril EramehKhadeejah HamzaTarik Benjamin MohammedNnaemeka NdodoCelestina ObiekeaChinenye OfoegbunamOladipo OgunbodeCornelius OhonsiEkaete Alice TobinRimamdeyati YasheAfolabi AdekaiyaojaMichael C AsuzuRosemary Ajuma AuduMuhammad Bashir BelloShaibu Oricha BelloYusuf Yahaya DeeniYahya DisuGbenga JosephChidiebere EzeokaforZaiyad Garba HabibChristian IbehIfeanyi Franklin IkeEmem IwaraRejoice Kudirat Luka-LawalGeoffrey NamaraTochi OkworLois OlajideOluwafunke Olufemi IlesanmiSolomon OmonighoFerdinand OyiriKoubagnine TakpaNkem Usha UgboguluPriscilla IbekweJohn OladejoElsie IloriChinwe Lucia OchuChikwe IhekweazuPublished in: BMJ global health (2021)
Nigeria experienced a larger but less severe second wave of COVID-19. Continued implementation of public health and social measures is needed to mitigate the resurgence of another wave.