The Federal Government has disclosed that its focus right now is on Kano State because of the emerging issues of increased infections of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state.
The Federal Government has disclosed that its focus right now is on Kano State because of the emerging issues of increased infections of the coronavirus in the state.
According to him, “Earlier when we started this work we gave a lot of briefings on what we were doing in Lagos because that was really where the burden of infection was at that time. Now we are focusing a lot of our energy on Kano. “We have now reactivated the two laboratories in Kano State – Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital Lab and the Bayero University Lab located literally a few meters from each other.
“The other thing we did was support the delivery of a new lab altogether; a new lab that was funded by the Aliko Dangote Foundation and delivered by a Nigerian company called 54gene. The entire conceptualization and delivery happened in 7 days. We will over the weeks build up its capacity to 400 tests per day and plan to expand more.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in his address said: “The Federal Ministry of Health is strengthening its support for Kano with service delivery and training, in consultation with His Excellency, the Governor.
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