NCDC is set to validate the capacity of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), to test for the novel coronavirus.
) is set to validate the capacity of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital , to test for the novel coronavirus.NAN reports that LUTH is one of the five functional molecular laboratories for testing samples from the South-West states of Nigeria.
“We have set up capacity to make diagnosis of coronavirus in Abuja and would do the same in Lagos this week. Lagos and Abuja are our main points of entry,” he said. The NCDC, Port Health Services and State Epidemiologists are aware of the process for identification and confirmation.He said that NCDC has given advisories to Nigerians on the novel coronavirus and how to protect themselves.
“Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus, we have been working everyday to learn as quickly as possible about this new virus.
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