The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has extended its molecular laboratories equipped with the capacity to detect the pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) to six other states.
The Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) including the 43 Ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet have agreed to take a pay-cut with a view to supporting the administration's effort against the Coronavirus pandemic.
10-minute pocket-sized coronavirus diagnostic test kit that costs less than $1 to produce is heading into a testing stage and if successful, could go into full-scale production and would probably be available to the public as early as June.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of N15 billion to Nigeria epicentre of COVIC-19 and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to fight the spread of coronavirus in the country. According to a twitter thread on the President twitter page, he explained that the approval followed the extensive briefings he received recently on the state of the nation and also hope that the grant will enable Lagos and NCDC increase its capacity to control and contain the outbreak.
Following the recent increase in the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19), the Federal Government has approved the release of N6.5 billion as emergency intervention fund.
Additional six (6) coronavirus patients under quarantine in Lagos State have fully recovered making a total of eight (8) recovery case in Nigeria. This disclosure was made by the State Commissioner of Health, Professor Abayomi during a radio programme, The Morning Crossfire on Nigeria Info FM.
