BEVERLY HILLS, APRIL 15, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government says more laboratories capable of COVID-19 testing have been activated in the country and as a result, there has been an increase in the testing capacity for the disease.
The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire, said this on Tuesday during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on the COVID-19.
“We have increased daily testing capacity by activating more COVID-19 capable laboratories and we shall work with the private sector to outsource and diversify more sample collection sites and also improve logistics support,” Ehanire said.
Speaking about the increasing number of cases in the country, Ehanire noted that it could be a fallout of the improved testing capacity as he noted that there’s been evidence of increased community transmissions and over 9,000 contacts have been traced.
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This, according to him, only reinforces the need for strict physical distancing as well as other safety measures.
“We have early evidence of community transmission already which reinforces the urgency of physical distancing, use of facemasks particularly where you know you can’t avoid a crowd or where you know that contact will be forced such as in markets or public transport etc,” he said.
