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Nigeria's stimulus package | The problem with screening

Posted by: The Conversation Global

Date: Monday, 22 June 2020

 

The scale of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on economies around the world is beginning to emerge. It threatens to be devastating, particularly for developing countries like Nigeria, where estimates suggest the unemployment rate could rise to 33.6%. This would mean nearly 40 million people being out of work by the end of 2020 if urgent steps are not taken. To avert such an outcome, the government recently announced a stimulus package as part of its post-COVID-19 economic sustainability plan. It proposed a N2.3 trillion (about $5.9 billion) spending package aimed at keeping economic contraction to minus 0.59%. Analysing the plan, Tolu Olarewaju says it is a good start but leaves a lot to be desired.

As restrictions on peoples’ movement is eased, the use of fever screening is being introduced at airports, schools, places of work and public transport systems. Andrea Fuller and Duncan Mitchell explain why it’s not an effective way to test someone’s temperature.

Adejuwon Soyinka

Regional Editor West Africa

The Nigerian Naira has been under a lot pressure lately Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 recovery plan has some merit. But it misses the mark

Tolu Olarewaju, Staffordshire University

Nigeria's post COVID-19 economic recovery plan appears to be a good start. But the government’s plan leaves a lot to be desired.

A security guard checks the body temperature of a motorcyclist as a preventive measure. Risa Krisadhi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

So you think investing in fever screening can curb the spread of COVID-19? Think again

Andrea Fuller, University of the Witwatersrand; Duncan Mitchell, University of the Witwatersrand

Detecting fever requires measuring core body temperature. Screening measures the body's surface temperature.

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