Psychological Perspectives on COVID-19

Hosseini-Nezhad, Sara; Safdar, Saba; Hosseini-Nezhad, Pegah; Luu, Lan Anh Nguyen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-89996-7_14

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“…When humans are infected, their breathing becomes very difficult, with severe colds and catarrhs, severe fever, and weight loss. The virus is also difficult to fight in the patient, resulting in rapid death (Hosseini-Nezhad et al, 2022). COVID-19 was not the biggest pandemic in world history.…”

Section: Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreakmentioning

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Challenges of Administering COVID-19 Vaccine in Some Selected States of Northeast Nigeria

Sambo,

Ibrahim,

Mohammed

2023

Journal of Current Social and Political Issues

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The COVID-19 pandemic has successfully registered itself among the league of global epidemics that the world is currently battling. The virus, which emerged in December 2019 in China, quickly spread worldwide, paralysing socioeconomic, political, and cultural activities around the globe. Nigeria is one of the African countries that is most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially socioeconomically and politically. Although the pattern of spread in the country indicates a higher incidence in the South than in Northern Nigeria, some factors made the case in Northern Nigeria an interesting study. The study is an examination of the challenges that influenced the process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine in Northeast Nigeria. The study used a quantitative phenomenological study as a methodology. Data were collected from selected informants with relevant and valuable information on the subject matter in the area of study. The data obtained were analysed and interpreted using content analysis. Culture, religion, and perception, in addition to the attitude of the political class, all contributed to the negative perception of COVID-19 as a pandemic and its vaccine as a preventive measure. Most of the inhabitants of Northeast Nigeria are found to have harboured negative thoughts against the Virus and its vaccination because of some reported cases of side effects and the way the politicians turned the pandemic into a racket of money-making. The study recommends, among others, that royal fathers, religious clerics, and opinion moulders should be rigorously engaged in a massive campaign to disabuse all negative perceptions and to convince the populace on safety and prevention.

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Section: Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreakmentioning

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Challenges of Administering COVID-19 Vaccine in Some Selected States of Northeast Nigeria

Sambo,

Ibrahim,

Mohammed

2023

Journal of Current Social and Political Issues

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic is an infectious disease that is easily contracted through close contact with the victim of the Virus. Once a person gets infected, his breath becomes impaired with much difficulty, causes severe cold and catarrh, severe fever, loss of weight, and the Virus is difficult to counter in the patients, thereby causing rapid death (Hosseini-Nezhad et al, 2022). COVID-19 was not the major global pandemic in world history.…”

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“…Indeed, even some policymakers are part of the problem. For instance, President Donald Trump called COVID-19 political nonsense that should not be allowed to halt world progress because of politics (Hosseini-Nezhad, Safdar, Hosseini-Nezhad, & Luu, 2022). This means the issue is not peculiar to Nigeria even though other countries recorded success in convincing the populace to adopt the measures.…”

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The Influence of Islamic Clerics on the Acceptance and Response of COVID-19 Prevention Protocols in Northeast Nigeria

2022

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COVID-19 is the recent global pandemic that affected all facets of human endeavour worldwide. Pandemics are usually heralded with allegations and perception of conspiracies which is associated with culture and environment. In Nigeria, especially, the Northeast, the pandemic was reluctantly welcomed owing to perception and culture, which created the fear of rapid spread because protocols were breached. In this regard, religious clerics played an instrumental role in influencing people to accept and respond to the prevention protocols. This study investigated the role played by Islamic clerics in making people believe in the pandemic and accept and respond positively to preventing it through adopting the set protocols. The study utilised both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources included a survey in the area of study, in-depth personal expert interviews, and participant observation, while the secondary sources consisted of documented materials. The assembled data were discussed and interpreted using manual SPSS for the survey, where tables were designed for simple percentage analysis, content analysis for the in-depth interview, and participant observation. The study reports that Islamic clerics played a significant role in persuading people to accept COVID-19 as a pandemic and to adopt prevention protocols initially after hesitation. The clerics succeeded in convincing the public to accept the prevention protocols using religious injunctions. The study, therefore, recommends, among several others, that Islamic clerics and other religious leaders need to be integrated into critical issues of public interest and public-agenda setting to avoid mutual suspicion, hostilities, and practices that will negatively affect the wellbeing of the populace.

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Financial Cybercrimes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Sambo

Sule

Zamfara

et al. 2023

Concepts, Cases, and Regulations in Financial Fraud and Corruption

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The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced and altered the daily routine of the masses around the globe. The pandemic has far-reaching economic, political, social, and cultural implications on the African continent. Although Africa witnessed low levels of infections and deaths as compared to other continents, African socio-economic life was affected tremendously. This scenario facilitated the increased social media usage for source information, communication, and socializing in Africa. The study examined how COVID-19 caused increased social media use in Africa and the corresponding cybersecurity threats. Documented sources were used for data sourcing while empirical data analysis was used to discuss the ideas. The study revealed that COVID-19 significantly increased the number of social media users in Africa and has a correlation with cybersecurity threats and cybercrimes. The study observed that there is a need to secure African cyberspace due to the significant increase in social media activities.

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Psychological Perspectives on COVID-19

Cited by 3 publications

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Challenges of Administering COVID-19 Vaccine in Some Selected States of Northeast Nigeria

Challenges of Administering COVID-19 Vaccine in Some Selected States of Northeast Nigeria

The Influence of Islamic Clerics on the Acceptance and Response of COVID-19 Prevention Protocols in Northeast Nigeria

Financial Cybercrimes During COVID-19 Pandemic

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