Oladiji said in a statement that the NCDC has approved the automated GeneXpert laboratory, which is stationed at the COVID-19/Infectious Diseases Centre Alagbado Ilorin and now fully functional.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on its official Twitter handle late on Wednesday.
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, NCDC, made this known on Monday in Abuja during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing.
Presenting the test kits and medical equipment at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos office, the Chief Executive Officer, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, commended the efforts of the public health institute in the fight against the virus and expressed optimism that the test kits and medical supplies provided would further expand testing capabilities across the nation to meet critical health infrastructure need to combat the virus.
The Committee made the call on Saturday in a release jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr. Agam Ayuk, and the Secretary, Dennis Ekpo, after an emergency meeting of the committee in Calabar.
Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 media briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 media briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
The NCDC announced the figure in its COVID-19 Situation Report for June 30.
This was disclosed on Monday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olisa Ifeajika, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
The President of NAPPS, Kayode Adeyemi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ibadan.
The Director General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, while reacting to the increasing use of face shields by members of the public.
Ihekweazu said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 media briefing on Monday in Abuja.
The Commissioner of Information and Communication, Dan Manjang, in a statement on Monday in Jos, said the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state was due to complacency.
The NCDC released the fresh guidelines on Saturday, a copy of which was obtained by The Eagle Online.
Ihekweazu made the observation at a public hearing on the bill, organised by the House of Representatives Joint Committees on Health Services, Health Institutions and Justice in Abuja.
The NCDC disclosed this on Thursday on its Twitter handle.
The NCDC made the disclosure in its COVID-19 Situation Report for June 10.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Oluwole Oke, issued the directive to the AGF at a meeting convened by the Committee to ascertain the amount of public funds so far expended by the government to fight the ravaging pandemic.
The upper chamber, while urging the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management through the National Emergency Management Agency to provide life materials to the people of Bonny Island, mandated the Committee on the Environment to meet with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency to ensure reduction of marine pollution of all kinds.