NCDC activates 2nd COVID-19 test centre in Kano

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated the eighteenth testing centre in Nigeria and the second molecular laboratory in Kano state.

NCDC via its verified Twitter handle said the centre had been activated at Bayero University, Kano (BUK).

The statement read; “The 18^th COVID-19 testing laboratory has been activated at Bayero University, Kano – the second laboratory to be activated in the state.

📢#COVID19Nigeria UPDATE

The 18th #COVID19 testing lab has been activated at Bayero University, Kano; the second laboratory to be activated in the state

We remain committed to rapidly scaling up #COVID19 testing capacity in Nigeria, as outlined in the national testing strategy pic.twitter.com/5rHs5RCjon

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 30, 2020

“We remain committed to rapidly scaling up COVID-19 testing capacity in Nigeria, as outlined in the national testing strategy.”

Meanwhile, the new centre is designed with 180 daily testing capacity to complement the existing one at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH).

As of April 30, Kano State had recorded 219 coronavirus cases and five deaths.