Copyright@ Feyisola Olajire Akinsehinwa | Biomed J Sci & Tech Res | BJSTR. MS.ID.006646. 32968 Research Article ISSN: 2574 -1241 DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.41.006646 Level of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures: Case Study of FUTA Shuttle Bus Feyisola Olajire Akinsehinwa*, Adetayo Olaniyi Adeniran, Samuel Oluwaseyi Olorunfemi and Olamilekan Matthew Aina Department of Logistics and Transport Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria *Corresponding author: Feyisola Olajire Akinsehinwa, Department of Logistics and Transport Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria Introduction Since the beginning of the 20 th century, the world has witnessed several crises which are epidemic and endemic. In the year 1918- 1920, the Spanish Flu is popularly known as Influenza occurred and affected about one-third of the world population. In the 21st century, there were disruptive events such as the 9/11 terrorist attack that occurred at Pentagon, the SARS outbreak that occurred in the year 2003, the global economic and financial crisis that occurred between 2008–2009, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak that occurred in the year 2015, and the latest Covid-19 are known to have negatively affected the world economy. The recent novel (2019-2020) Coronavirus (Covid-19) endemic was originated from Wuhan, China in December 2019. It is an acute respiratory infectious disease. Qiu et al. (2017) noted that it was confirmed an endemic by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2019) because of its rising human-to-human infection resulting in more than 200,000 deaths within three months ever since the beginning of the outbreak WHO [1]. As of 2nd September 2020, it has been reported in 213 countries and has resulted in approximately 862,234 deaths Worldometers 2020. Liu, et al. [2] noted that surprisingly, the Covid-19 infection and deaths recorded the highest rate when numerically compared to other coronavirus outbreaks like SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and Influenza. Previous studies of Sohrabi, et al. (2020), Chinazzi, et al. (2020), Smith and Freedman (2020), and others have disputed that ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Received: January 13, 2022 Published: February 08, 2022 Citation: Feyisola Olajire Akinsehinwa, Adetayo Olaniyi Adeniran, Samuel Olu- waseyi Olorunfemi, Olamilekan Matthew Aina. Level of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures: Case Study of FUTA Shuttle Bus. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res 41(4)-2022. BJSTR. MS.ID.006646. Abbreviations: FUTA: Federal University of Technology Akure; COVID-19: Corona- virus; SARS-CoV-2: Severe Acute Res- piratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2; WHO: World Health Organization This study assessed the level of adherence of FUTA shuttle bus operators and passengers to the covid-19 preventive measures suggested by the government, regarding the compulsory hand rinsing; physical distancing preventive measures; and wearing of a nose mask and or face mask in FUTA shuttle bus. Survey research design was employed through personal observation. The observation lasted for 7 days which entails a 7-day peak and off-peak hour count within the specified hours of 7-10 am 2-4 pm and 4-7 pm from Sunday to Saturday. Of the three hours designated for each morning, afternoon, and evening session, there seems to be no rinsing of hands by passengers, although there were provisions of veronica buckets in the Bus Park. Also, there seems to be a low level of adherence to nose masks and or face mask-wearing among the passengers, however, the FUTA shuttle bus operators were keen on ensuring physical distance in the sitting arrangement of passengers as this was discovered in all the shuttle buses that were studied. The study recommends the strict monitoring and enforcement of hand rinsing by passengers in FUTA before the departure of shuttle bus; the enforcement of nose mask and or face mask-wearing inside the shuttle bus. Keywords: Adherence; Covid-19; Preventive measures; FUTA Shuttle Bus