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Awareness as the Most Effective Measure to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria

Isa Abdullahi Baba^{1, *}, Dumitru Baleanu^{2, 3}

1 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
2 Department of Mathematics, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey.
3 Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania.

* Corresponding Author: Isa Abdullahi Baba. Email: .

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Mathematical aspects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Analysis and Control)

Computers, Materials & Continua 2020, 65(3), 1945-1957. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2020.011508

Received 12 May 2020; Accepted 28 July 2020; Issue published 16 September 2020

Abstract

A mathematical model consisting of a system of four nonlinear ordinary differential equations is constructed. Our aim is to study the dynamics of the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria and to show the effectiveness of awareness and the need for relevant authorities to engage themselves more in enlightening people on the significance of the available control measures in mitigating the spread of the disease. Two equilibrium solutions; Disease free equilibrium and Endemic equilibrium solutions were calculated and their global stability analysis was carried out. Basic reproduction ratio (

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