Nigeria gets its 30th COVID-19 testing lab, tests over 69,000 samples

Nigeria gets its 30th COVID-19 testing lab, tests over 69,000 samples

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has announced the inclusion of an additional to the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network.

The NCDC disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tueday.

“We are pleased to announce the inclusion of an additional lab: National Intelligence Agency, Abuja”.

“This brings the total number of labs with the capacity to test for #COVID19 in Nigeria to 30”.

It however noted that 2 labs in Kwara and Gombe are in progress

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The NCDC however in its State COVID-19 Nigeria report earlier on Tuesday revealed that Nigeria has tested 69,801 samples so far as at 3rd June, 2020.