Fresh facts emerge that the ceased Kano State COVID-19 testing centre is set to resume its operations, this Tuesday just as newly reported cases hikes across the country.
The Kano centre, domiciled at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, had ceased operations, following the exhaustion of testing kits and other logistics.
However, while briefing by Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, assured that Kano State COVID-19 testing centre will resume operations today Tuesday.
According to him, the NCDC remains focused on the fight against the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic in the country.
“I am happy to announce that the Kano laboratory will start working this afternoon and start testing samples again as it should be.
”This has not been an easy effort. It has taken the collective effort of my team, the laboratory scientists in Kano, and many people that have quietly worked on this to make it happen.
”We will not stop until the laboratory is fully functional again, ” he said.
“I will like to remind everyone that we remain focused on our target which is to increase testing across the country; during a pandemic, the risk of spread is in those towns where the population density is highest.
“We are all aware of the population density in Kano. The high number of cases we are now seeing in Kano is really not a surprise,” he said.
“Since reporting its index case about two weeks ago, Kano has been the centre of controversies ranging from the rapid increase in a number of confirmed cases to the sudden halt of its only testing centre.
“Kano, which currently stands as the third hardest-hit state in Nigeria has so far reported 77 cases out of the 1,273 cases of the infection Nigeria,” he said.
Mr. Ihekweazu said that NCDC was also working hard to investigate the cause of some deaths in the state, adding that the agency did everything possible to activate the Kano laboratory.
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