Gwamnatin tarayyar Najeriya da farko ta mayar da martani game da barkewar cutar COVID-19 a cikin kasar tare da matakan kariya don dakile yaduwar cutar koronavirus 2019 a cikin kasar. A farkon Maris, ministan kiwon lafiya a Najeriya, Osagie Ehanire, ya ba da sanarwar cewa mutane 60 da suka yi mu'amala da mai cutar ta Italiya suna cikin keɓewa, mutane 40 a jihar Ogun da 20 a jihar Legas. A ranar 1 ga Maris, an kebe wasu 'yan kasar China hudu a jihar Filato, duk sun gwada rashin lafiya washegari. A ranar 3 ga Maris, gwamnan jihar Legas, Babajide Sanwo-Olu ya bayyana cewa wasu 'yan kasashen waje biyu daga wata kasar Asiya da ba a bayyana sunanta ba sun gwada cutar. A ranar 6 ga Maris, gwamnatin jihar Anambra ta ba da sanarwar cewa wasu 'yan kasar China biyar sun kamu da cutar.Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka ta Najeriya ta ba da rahoton cewa an gano jimillar abokan hulda na farko da na sakandare 219 na lamarin kuma ana sanya ido sosai. A ranar 9 ga Maris, Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari ya kafa Kwamitin Shugaban Kasa don shawo kan cutar a kasar.