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COVID-19: NCDC to increase testing – official

The agency said on Monday in Abuja that it would increase testing for the virus across the country as a strategy to succeed.

“We are all aware of the population density in Kano. The high number of cases we are now seeing in Kano is really not a surprise,” he said. The director-general said that the laboratory, domiciled at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, hosted many northern states.

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