The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has established three new molecular laboratories across the nation.
Two were created in Port Harcourt and one in Benin to scale-up testing.
This brings the number of labs in Nigeria with the capacity to test for COVID19 to 23.
UPDATE: 3 new labs have been included in our molecular laboratory network for #COVID19 at
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020
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This brings the number of labs in Nigeria with the capacity to test for #COVID19 to 23 pic.twitter.com/MveUAJp5KO