Vol. 1 No. 1, February 2022

The Place of Religious Practice in the Mitigation of Covid-19 among Nigerians

Ogunbamowo, W.B., mph, phD, Clement Fasan, Ashon Daniel Oluwatobi

Abstract

There have been lots of researches and reviews in time past concerned and preoccupied with uncovering the nexus that
exists between Religion and Health. These researches have implored different frameworks as Religion has proven capability
in influencing the health of societies. In a similar fashion, specific attention is drawn to the role of religion in the mitigation
of COVID-19 among Nigerians. A multidimensional approach to the study was adopted as it considered both the positive
and negative influences. Further, this research considered misconception, ignorance and lack of compliance while it
also deems it necessary examining the infallible support of religion to COVID-19 elimination, while making worthy
recommendations for better inter-relationship between the agencies concerned with health and religious bodies. This, in a
bid, supports the government measure in mitigating the spread of Covid-19

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