Perception and awareness of people towards Covid- 19 and the various methods of treatment in Nigeria

Despite the world's concerted efforts targeted at combating the novel virus, producing a potent vaccine for the cure looks a mile ahead of us. Understanding the virus and its means of transmission will go a long way to flatten the curve while we await a successful production of vaccines. This study was carried out to determine the perception and awareness of Nigerians about corona virus and the various methods of its treatment. An online version of questionnaire was sent out to respondents on questions relevant to the study, data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.  Findings from the study revealed that 68% of the respondents were males while 32% were females, the modal age range was 31-40 years (24.6%). Majority of them had Tertiary education and their perceptions about the incidence and the spread of Covid-19 indicates that they are sufficiently informed about it. Only a few (26.8%) respondents claimed to have the knowledge about the availability of potent herbal medicines for the treatment of the virus, the herbs mentioned in this study include: Neem leaves, honey, cloves, mango leaves, turmeric, ginger and garlic, beet root, bitter leaf root, cashew leaf, olive oil, lemon, black seed oil, onion and bitter kola. One or a combination of the aforementioned herbs were claimed to have remedied Covid-19 at one point or the other. These past few months have been somewhat challenging according to the respondents, they are deprived of the basic necessities of life due to restriction on economic and social activities. This is however, not so much price to pay considering how deadly the virus is.