Abstract
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and its persistence are global phenomena, that greatly impact human life and existence. In Nigeria, the incidence and prevalence of the COVID-19 has attracted various interpretations and actions across cultures and spaces. While many people accept the reality of the deadly virus, many others still live in the denial of its existence and persistence. In the recent times, Nigeria seemed to experience a decline in the daily incidence rate of infected people partly due to mass education and the enforcement of preventive protocols. Subsequently, many Nigerians have thrown caution to the wind celebrating the supposed decline of the pandemic with a popular slogan: Koro ti lo (COVID-19 has gone). Preventive measures were largely abandoned and interactions in public spaces returned to pre-COVID-19 social and spatial relations. The consequence of this is the second wave of the pandemic. Therefore, this chapter examines the (1) socio-cultural deconstructions of the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) probes the second wave of the pandemic and (3) makes post-COVID-19 public health policy recommendations viz-a-viz prevalent relational cultures.
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Omobowale, M.O., Falase, O.S., Oyelade, O.K., Omobowale, A.O. (2022). Koro ti Lo: Popular Deconstruction of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southwestern Nigeria. In: Roy, S., Nandy, D. (eds) Understanding Post-COVID-19 Social and Cultural Realities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0809-5_9
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