NCDC sets up five new COVID-19 testing centres
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said on Tuesday that it has set up five new COVID – 19 testing laboratories in the country.
In a statement, the NCDC, said the new centres are located at the Edo Specialist Hospital, Benin; ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi; Rivers Indorama Company Molecular Lab; State Specialist Hospital, Amachara, Abia; and University of Abuja, Gwagwalada GX Lab.
The statement added that the number of laboratories in its Molecular Laboratory Network has risen to 58, saying that at the moment, the country has 46 PCR diagnostic machines and 12 GeneXpert laboratories.
