Moses Emorinken, Abuja The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Tuesday disclosed that the country currently carries out between 3,000 and 6,000 daily COVID-19 tests. It said although the testing…
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OGUN STEPS DOWN MANDATORY COVID-19 TESTS FOR RETURNING PUPILS
School reopening: Ogun cancels COVID-19 test requirement Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, cancelled the initially announced Covid-19 test requirement for resuming pupils in exiting classes. There has…
NIGERIA NOW HAS 59LABS FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTS, 2 RAPID DIAGNOSTIC KITS COMING
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there are now 59 laboratories with the capacity to test for COVID-19 across 29 states and the FCT, while two rapid…
PRIVATE LABORATORIES TO NOW CONDUCT CORONAVIRUS TESTS IN LAGOS, SEE WHAT IT WILL COST YOU
Lagos residents who are unable to get themselves tested in government own facilities would henceforth pay N50,400 in a private laboratory to conduct COVID-19 test. The state’s commissioner for Health,…
STATE GOVERNMENTS REFUSE TO REVEAL AMOUNT SPENT ON CORONAVIRUS TESTS
Kano, Ogun, Edo, Oyo fail to disclose amount spent on COVID-19 tests Kwara, Ogun, Kano, Edo and Oyo states on Sunday failed to disclose the amount they had spent on…
NCDC BOSS REVEALS HIS GREATEST HEADACHE IN CONDUCTING CORONAVIRUS TESTS ACROSS NIGERIA
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has disclosed one of its biggest challenges in scaling up of COVID-19 test across the country. NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed that…
PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON CORONAVIRUS DRAGS YAHAYA BELLO BEFORE BUHARI
•Accuses Bello of frustrating testing in Kogi •Unhappy with Wike, Ayade •NMA slams claims by Kogi, Cross River to be coronavirus- Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation/ Moses Emorinken,…
SEE HOW MANY NIGERIANS NCDC HAS TESTED AS AT TODAY
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has disclosed that 22,000 Nigerians have been tested for coronavirus. NCDC Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu made the disclosure during the daily press briefing…
CORONAVIRUS: NIGERIA NOW PERFORMS 2,500 TESTS DAILY
Our Reporter Nigeria’s testing capacity for COVID-19 has increased to 2,500 daily at 15 laboratories. Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director-General Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who announced this on Thursday,…
NMA BEGS FG TO ALLOW OTHER LABORATORIES CONDUCT CORONAVIRUS TEST
THE Federal Capital Territory, FCT branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has urged the federal government to allow other laboratories test for coronavirus. The organisation also said there was…