Take COVID-19 prevention advisories seriously — NMA admonishes Nigerians On By Chioma Obinna As Nigeria battles, an increase in COVID -19 pandemic, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has appealed to Nigerians to take the COVID-19 prevention advisories very seriously in order to interrupt the transmission, reduce ill-health and deaths from the dreaded disease. The NMA also observed the commencement of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic amidst the flagrant disregard for the non-pharmaceutical prevention protocols and waning efforts at containment of the scourge. In a communiqué issued at the end of the National Executive Council, NEC, a meeting of NMA in Awka, Anambra state and jointly signed by the NMA President, Prof Innocent Ujah and Secretary-General, Dr Philp Ekpe, the doctors maintained that the strict adherence to the NCDC Protocol of use of face mask, regular handwashing and use of sanitizers and as well as Physical distancing was very important.