Mr Ihekweazu said he requested for the ‘RNA extraction kits’ which is currently out of supply and not ‘testing kits’ as reported.
However, Mr Ihekweazu speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Monday said he had to request for the kits to prevent the shutting down of the network of 15 laboratories currently testing for COVID-19 in Nigeria. ”This is the consequences of the situation we are in now and the global demand for the same thing. So these are things that we had ordered and they were in process of coming in but we suddenly ran out. Rather than shut down a network of 15 laboratories in the country, I put out that tweet, ” he said.Mr Ihekweazu said although he received lots of criticisms from the general public, his purpose was achieved.
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