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Nigeria’s pandemic lockdown measures were hard on informal workers

Nigeria’s pandemic lockdown measures were hard on informal workers

During the first wave of the pandemic in Nigeria, security forces were mandated to enforce lockdown and stay-at-home orders. Intended as public health measures, these controls inflicted collateral damage. Authors CHIDI NZEADIBE, Professor of Environmental Management & Sustainability, University of Nigeria CHRISTIAN EZEIBE, Senior Lecturer, Political Science, University of Nigeria KELECHI ELIJAH NNAMANI, Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria NKEMDILIM PATRICIA ANAZONWU, Lecturer and researcher, Social Work, University of Nigeria NNABUIKE OSADEBE, Lecturer, Sociology and Anthropology , University of Nigeria OBIORA ANICHEBE, Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy, University of Nigeria PETER MBAH, Professor of…
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Measures for DRC, Guinea travellers

Measures for DRC, Guinea travellers

DAVID SHEPARDSON THE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will impose new public health requirements for U.S. visitors who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or Guinea because of concerns about Ebola, the agency said on Monday. Starting this week, the U.S. government will require travelers from DRC and Guinea to fly into six U.S. airports. Airlines will collect and transmit passenger information to the CDC for public health follow-up for all passengers boarding a flight to the United States who were in DRC or Guinea within the previous 21 days. Recently, less than…
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