COVID 19 UPDATE: NCDC Adds Two New Molecular Laboratory Network As Nigeria Case Hits 1337

Two new Laboratories has been included in the list of the Molecular Laboratory Network in Nigeria.

The Agency in charge of disease control announced its inclusion of two new labs in Lagos and Ogun. The labs where established by 54gene.com in collaboration with the state governments and NCDC, bringing the number of the laboratories to 17 to expand national testing capacity.

 NCDC in a tweet said;

We are grateful to @jica_direct_en for their donation of personal protective equipment, hand sanitsers & PCR test kits to NCDC

We commend the efforts of public & private entities that #TakeResponsibility in the whole-of-society-response to #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/8na9PBJc1H

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 28, 2020

Meanwhile the agency as at 11:20pm 27th April, revealed that the country has 1337 confirmed cases of corona virus, with 255 discharged and 40 death

The agency further stressed the need for vaccines safest and effective way to prevent infectious diseases like yellow fever, measles, meningitis and others. And also praised their colleagues who working very hard to prevent the spread of the diseases through immunization as week mark the week of immunization.

Source: NCDC