Angela OnwuzooThree months after the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, promised to have two million Nigerians tested for COVID-19, less than 300,000 persons have so far been tested. However, speaking with PUNCH HealthWise, medical experts say except Nigeria increases its testing capacity for COVID-19, the number of people tested for the viral infection will remain low. On Friday, the NCDC announced 443 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of caseload to 45,687. Less than 300,000 Nigerians testedPUNCH HealthWise gathered that less than 300,000 Nigerians have so far been tested for COVID-19 by NCDC despite having 61 molecular laboratories in its network that offer free test. “Before you do COVID-19 test as required, you need the kits to be available.

Source: Punch August 08, 2020 11:48 UTC