Plateau State Government has declared that it has increased its testing capacity of covid-19 to 500 per day and so far tested over 15,000 and called on people of the state to make themselves available for testing. The State Governor Mr Simon Lalong who disclosed this at the flag-off of distribution of palliatives donated by the private sector coalition against Covid-19 ( CACOVID) held in Jos the state capital said Plateau presently has three testing centres at the NVRI Vom, Plateau Specialists Hospital and the University of Jos Teaching Hospital. He pointed out that Plateau State is currently witnessing community transmission of the disease and enjoined the people to apply extra caution by strictly adhering to COVID-19 guidelines. “People should also submit themselves to testing because that is the only way we can have the requisite information to deal with the disease. We should also be ready to get used to the new lifestyle under COVID,” he advised.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 05, 2020 15:22 UTC