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ABSTRACT
The study was carried out to assess covid-19 and public health emergency management in Nigeria: a reappraisal of Edo state intervention strategy. The objectives of the study were to examine the factors which precipitated the 2020 ‘lockdown’, assess the level of compliance to lockdown policy, and the socio-economic effects of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown across neighborhoods occupied by residents with different socio-economic status. The methodology used find out the perception/views of the respondents, a selfstructured questionnaire and personal interview format were used. A total of 278 questionnaires were retrieved from the respondents. The responses from respondents were sorted out and coded using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 23). The results were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics involved the use of means and simple frequency and percentages, while the inferential statistics involved the use of T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to test the acceptability of the null hypotheses. The results obtained indicates there is no significant difference in Covid-19 infection rate during the period of lockdown and during the period of free movement shows that there is no significant difference of covid-19 infection during the period of lockdown and free movement and there is no significant difference in the socio-economic impacts of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown on neighborhoods of different socio-economic status shows there is significant difference in the socio-economic impacts of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in neighborhoods of different economic status. The study concluded that the2020 lockdown affected man, society and socio-economic activities and the impact was very devastating because there was a restriction on the daily lives of the people. The study recommended that there should be other alternatives in curtailing pandemic, lockdown is not the best option to tackle pandemic and also early preparation and provision of facilities and equipment will help to tackle the pandemic.
