The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, in his address explained that COVID-19 patients are most infectious during their asymptomatic stage.
…patients most infectious during the asymptomatic stage
He said that although the laboratory networks across the country have the combined capacity to carry out 10,000 daily tests, however, the total number of daily tests still hovers around 2,000 or less. Currently, laboratories are working only at 10 to 20 percent of their capacity. “We will continue to push testing capacity until every state is able to test in their state. We are challenging the states leading the contact tracing and case identification to bring in the samples so that we can collectively know how close we are to the peak.
He added: “As we have eased the restrictions that we instituted across the country, we expected the number to increase and we have announced this severally to expect an increase in numbers. He said: “We have learned, for example, that patients are most infectious during the asymptomatic stage, and spread the virus even if they do not look or feel ill, or before their symptoms appear.
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