Abstract:

A Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak characterized by fever, dry cough, fatigue, and with occasional gastrointestinal symptoms was initially reported in Wuhan, China, highly infectious and a mortality rate around 10%–15%. In Nigeria and FCT, the disease was confirmed on the 27th of February and 20th of March 2020 respectively. The objectives were to determine the epidemiological characteristics and transmission of COVID-19, to assess the socio-medical responses to COVID-19 in FCT, to recommend the mitigation and intervention strategies to the states and Nigeria as a whole and even globally. The study design was retrospective, 385 individuals were randomised selected in the study areas. The responses were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Confirmed cases was 23,239, 72 deaths, and a cumulative incidence (CI) was 6.7/ 100, 000 and a Cumulative Fatality rate (CFR) of 0.30%. Testing for the disease and vaccine uptake in FCT was very low and the psychological impact of COVID-19 on health workers was significantly very high, levels of depression, anxiety, worried about having enough to eat next week and worried about household finances was their major concern. The result reveals that 77.4% were depressed, 31.9% were nervous, 54.3% were worried about what they will eat next week and 66% were worried about their household finances.

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