Abstract
The causative agent of a mysterious pneumonia was identified as clustered of unexplained pneumonia, was identified as a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China and was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization. There are thousands of infectious individuals worldwide and millions of deaths. A total number of 248 subjects (124 males and 124 females) of returning students of some Faculties of University of Port Harcourt were used. Questionnaire were used to collect some demographic data from the subjects while Standard Q COVID-19 Antigen Test Kit methods were applied for the screening. The subjects that gave consent were made to sit down comfortably with their head tilted back and nasal samples collected with COVID-19 swab stick. The swab was inserted into an extraction buffer tube and squeezed at the sides to extract the liquid. 4 drops of the extracted specimen were applied to the well of the Standard Q COVID-19 Antigen Test Kit. The result was read in 20 minutes and was recorded. All the results of the study read negative. This showed zero prevalence of COVID-19 disease amongst the returning students of University of Port Harcourt. This could be as a result of age, environmental factor or strong COVID-19 preventive measures within the campus. Nevertheless, continuous observance of COVID-19 preventive protocols, further COVID-19 screening tests amongst the staff and in a hospital, setting is strongly recommended.
Highlights
In late December, 2019 an outbreak of a mysterious pneumonia happened in a seafood wholesale wet market, the Huanan Seafood wholesale Market, in Wuhan, China [1] which involved about 66% of the staff
A total number of two hundred and forty-eight (248) students of four Faculties (School of Science Laboratory (SSLT), Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science), University of Port Harcourt which comprised of males and females who gave their consent were randomly recruited into the study with informed consent letter duly signed by each participant prior to the COVID-19 disease prevalence study
The negative results obtained from the 248 subjects tested in the study as stated in the result table are close to the results obtained [12 ] . on “malaria and COVID-19 patients”, which stated that COVID-19 patients were usually asymptomatic or had mild symptoms which could be missed by targeted surveillance and testing, and the lower than expected number of cases detected in Africa suggested that the young age structure may have been the reason for low detection cases
Summary
In late December, 2019 an outbreak of a mysterious pneumonia happened in a seafood wholesale wet market, the Huanan Seafood wholesale Market, in Wuhan, China [1] which involved about 66% of the staff. In January thousands of people in China, including many Provinces were attacked by the rampant spreading of the disease [2]. This disease travelled to other countries such as Japan, Vietnam, Germany, United States, Republic of Korea, and Nigeria. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is thought to spread from person-to-person via: droplets transmission (respiratory droplets from sneeze, cough or drip), aerosol transmission (from coughs or sneezes in the room, aerosolized droplets from talking and singing), Corresponding author: Henrrietta Ogadimma Asuzu-Samuel Biomedical Technology Option, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria
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