COVID-19: NCDC denies sending positive samples to Cross River

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COVID-19: NCDC denies sending positive samples to Cross River
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has debunked allegations made by the Cross River State Government that the agency is shipping positive...

Related News has debunked allegations made by the Cross River State Government that the agency is shipping positive and negative test kits and cartridges into the state.

“We would like to state unequivocally, that there is no plan to transport positive samples from one state to the other. The accusation by the state was made the same day the lawmaker representing the Obudu State constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Godwin Akwaji, died of fever and other COVID-19 symptoms at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Isolation centre.

The government also added that it will not allow the training on COVID-19 to hold or for the materials and equipment to enter the state. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, NCDC has been leading the expansion of testing capacity for virus in the country. According to the statement, the expansion process is in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme , and supported by partners at US-CDC, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria and others.

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