The Director General (DG) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has assured that the testing centre in Kano State will resume activities today, April 27.Ihekweazu disclosed this on Monday during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja.
He explained that the centre was earlier shut in the interest of the workers because it was contaminated and some workers were infected.
He added that re-opening of the lab involved collaborative efforts of NCDC workers, Kano State laboratory scientist, adhoc staff, among others.We have been working hard to ensure that the lab re-open but we have to do this safely. In the last 72hours we have sent another team from the national reference lab of the NCDC and they have worked day and night to reactivate that lab.
“I am happy to announce that the lab will start working this afternoon. It will start testing samples again.
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