Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s minister of health on Thursday said the national testing capacity for Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is now at 1,500 tests per day, which is an increase from 500 tests previously.
The minister said the increase is as a result of the expanded national case definition and addition of two new laboratories to test for Covid-19 in Ibadan and Ebonyi States.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), shared this on their official social media platform,
Today, NCDC was part of the press briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus convened by @OfficialOSGFNG to provide updates on #COVID19Nigeria.
As at today, 174 confirmed cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in #Nigeria with 9 discharged cases and 2 deaths
“With the expanded national case definition & addition of two new laboratories to test for #COVID19 in Ibadan & Ebonyi States, the national testing capacity is now at 1,500 a day.
I applaud all our health workers & emergency responders in this critical time”
~ HMH,
@DrEOEhanire
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