Tag: Testing Capacity
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COVID-19 free status: Cross River has low testing capacity, shortage of personnel – PTF
The Presidential Task Force Team on Wednesday has said the only state yet to record COVID-19 case in the country, Cross River, has low testing capacity. The team said this during a visit to the state. The team, which comprises experts from the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),…
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Coronavirus: Private Sector Coalition orders supplies for test kits to increase Nigeria’s testing capacity
The Private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has ordered for 250,000 supplies for tests and another 150,000 extraction kits to fast-track molecular testing for the deadly coronavirus, noting that the reality of the situation at hand was such that efforts must be put together with no stone left unturned in dealing with the scourge. The…
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Nigeria Raises Daily COVID-19 Testing Capacity to 1500
Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that Nigeria has increased its testing capacity for Coronavirus (COVID-19) to 1,500 a day, noting that more samples can now be tested and quickly too with a turn-around time of 12-48 hours from when the samples are received. He made this disclosure on Thursday at a ministerial…