GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted to find out the threat of COVID-19 to human health as perceived by science teachers in Uyo Metropolis. Research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research design used for the study was an Expost-Facto type. 35 science teachers were selected using a simple random sampling technique for phone interview through contacts made available by the Akwa Ibom State Chapter Chairman of Science Teachers Association of Nigeria. To this effect, a structured questionnaire tagged; “COVID-19 THREAT AND HUMAN HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE (CTHHQ). The research instrument was subjected to face and content validation. It was also tested for reliability and it produced 0.78 coefficient, proving the instrument justifiable enough to be used for the study. Descriptive statistics and simple regression analysis were used for statistical analysis of the data obtained. The result proved that the threat of COVID 19 on human health in Uyo Metropolis is of very high extent. The result also proved cough to be the most common short term effect of COVID 19 on human health. For the long term effect it was observed that acute respiratory distress was the most common impacts of COVID 19 pandemic. The findings also proved ‘appropriate use of PPE’ as the most preferred preventive measure against covid-19 pandemic in Uyo Metropolis. Finally, the result proved that there is significant extent of threat of COVID-19 on the health of people in Uyo Metropolis. One of the recommendations was that contacts with infected persons should be prevented by applying the preventive measures outlined by the government as people could easily contact the virus through sneezing, coughing and many more.

KEYWORDS:           Coronavirus, covid-19, human health, preventive measures, Uyo Metropolis