The Executive Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has confirmed that the state now has an accredited testing center for Covid-19.
Kwara State now has a test center for COVID-19 that is certified by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The center is at GeneXpert laboratory, Sobi Specialist Hospital.
We made efforts to upgrade this center so as to quicken COVID-19 testing for our people.
— Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (@RealAARahman) July 11, 2020
It will also enable our health officials make prompt decision on whether to quarantine or isolate individuals who show up with or without symptoms related to COVID-19.
— Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (@RealAARahman) July 11, 2020
Another COVID-19 molecular and research laboratory is proposed at the Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre which will utilise Reverse transcription and PCR in real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).
— Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (@RealAARahman) July 11, 2020