COVID-19 test: NCDC makes appeal to State Governments

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on State governments to intensify efforts to ramp up sample collection and testing for coronavirus. The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the disclosure while speaking with journalists on the backdrop of the country\u2019s fight against COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday in Abuja. The DG said

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has called on State governments to intensify efforts to ramp up sample collection and testing for coronavirus.

The DG said that no matter how intensive the States’ preventive measures were, success in controlling the outbreak could not be assessed without making efforts to carry out enough tests on people. “We also appeal to Nigerians to support the public health response to COVID-19 by taking responsibility to limit transmission.“In terms of laboratory capacity, we are ready to do more.”

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