The Federal Government on Monday said the country has ramped up testing for the coronavirus to 27,078.
Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, disclosed this in Abuja at the Presidential Taskforce briefing onMr Ehanire said this has yielded about 4,399 cases in 35 states with a gender ratio of 30 per cent to 70 per cent of men and women. He said 778 persons have been discharged with 143 deaths.
“Our COVID-19 response must become a concerted national collaborative drive to become more effective. “And also we probably use that opportunity to speak with the health authorities particularly the scientific community on how they use it.“We will also give that to the research community with us here in Nigeria to examine and do what they can do with it.
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