Breaking: Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases jump to 111

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has said the total numbers of those with the deadly Coronavirus disease has now risen to one hundred and eleven.

This came as it said that of the fourteen new cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria; 9 were in Lagos and 5 in Abuja

The NCDC also said that success of the measures put in place to contain #COVID19Nigeria depends largely on the willingness of #Nigerians to work with the centre.

Our team is working round the clock  to improve turn-around time for testing in all our six molecular laboratories”

The NCDC had warned Nigerians not to pay for any Coronavirus COVID-19 test in any ‘FactNotFear cc @NCDCgov’

The centre also warned that Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are not reliable for COVID-19 test for now.

According to the NCDC only molecular tests are definitive and are done in NCDC centres for now and that

NDCD also said that it is working hard to expand our testing capacity for #COVID19

Currently, there are 6 labs in Nigeria with capacity to test for #COVID19. We aim to scale up to 13 labs in next 3 weeks

In progress- Abakaliki, Maiduguri, Kano, Sokoto, Port-Harcourt, Jos, Kaduna

1. staying home.

2. Only molecular tests are definitive and done in those centres for now

3. Hand hygiene

4. Covid19 not airborne

5. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are not reliable for now and people should not be paying for any test in any FactNotFear cc @NCDCgov