PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION: A STRATEGY FOR LIVING WITH NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS.

Public health education is a strategy for imparting health education to individuals
which focuses on the application of preventive measures to improve health of
individual and community. Corona virus is an illness caused by a novel
coronavirus. Public health education is important in fighting against this disease
in Nigerian schools as it disrupts the academic calendar. Therefore, the purpose
of this paper is to review the strategies of living with Novel Coronavirus (COVID-
19) in Nigerian schools as the disease has no cure. But fortunately, the vaccine for
prevention is available and public health education is the major tool for halting
the spread of the novel disease. These strategies include; social and physical
distancing, use of face mask, regular hand washing and use of hand sanitizer and
vaccination. These strategies play a significant role in curving the menace of
COVID-19 disease. Educating public on this strategies could be through print and
electronic media, use of billboards, health education talks to mention but a few.
Therefore, this paper recommended among others that public health education
should be included in the curriculum of all schools at different level as a course.