Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has set up five new COVID – 19 testing laboratories across the country.
NCDC in a statement on Tuesday said the new centres would be located at Edo Specialist Hospital, Benin; ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi; Rivers Indorama Company Molecular Lab; State Specialist Hospital, Amachara, Abia; and University of Abuja, Gwagwalada GX Lab.
It added that the development brought the total number of laboratories in its Molecular Laboratory Network to 58.
Currently, Nigeria has 46 PCR diagnostic machines and 12 GeneXpert laboratories.