About a month after the Ekiti State government set up a geographic information system-based COVID-19 response hub to manage data on the pandemic, the state government has established a mobile molecular laboratory to ramp up testing for COVID-19. The state partnered with 54gene — a company set up to provide genomic data for Africa – to set up the laboratory at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH). The COVID-19 mobile laboratory is equipped with testing...

The Federal Government has pushed the battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic to states. It gives the community spread as a reason for its decision. The decision was made public on Sunday by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha. He added that the Federal Government will therefore only provide supervision and coordination. Mustapha, who spoke at the State House after he...