The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) says there is
currently no valid rapid test kits for COVID-19.
The NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who said this on Thursday,
however, assured that the centre is working very hard to increase
the country’s Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) capacity for testing
across the country.
According to him, some of these rapid test kits are only right
50 percent of the time.
He advised that, as organizations and businesses open up, the
focus should be on prevention not testing their staff.
Also, the PTF National Coordinator, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said the
federal government will continue to provide an enabling environment
to contain the spread of COVID-19.
He urged all Nigerians to continue to take precautionary
measures to curtail the spread of the virus in the country.
Cross River remains the only state without a reported case of
coronavirus in Nigeria.
Kogi State was the other state without a confirmed case until on
Wednesday when the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
confirmed two cases of the virus.
Also, Nigeria reported 389 new cases of the virus same
Wednesday, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the
country to 8,733.
The figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the
beginning of the outbreak in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) says there is
currently no valid rapid test kits for COVID-19.
The NCDC DG, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who said this on Thursday,
however, assured that the centre is working very hard to increase
the country’s Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) capacity for testing
across the country.
According to him, some of these rapid test kits are only right
50 percent of the time.
He advised that, as organizations and businesses open up, the
focus should be on prevention not testing their staff.
Also, the PTF National Coordinator, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said the
federal government will continue to provide an enabling environment
to contain the spread of COVID-19.
He urged all Nigerians to continue to take precautionary
measures to curtail the spread of the virus in the country.
Cross River remains the only state without a reported case of
coronavirus in Nigeria.
Kogi State was the other state without a confirmed case until on
Wednesday when the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
confirmed two cases of the virus.
Also, Nigeria reported 389 new cases of the virus same
Wednesday, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the
country to 8,733.
The figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the
beginning of the outbreak in the country.