Kano govt sets up nine COVID-19 sample collection centres - Official

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The Kano State Government has set up nine COVID-19 sample collection centres to enhance detection and response to the pandemic, an official has said.

Tijjani Hussaini, the Coordinator, COVID-19 Technical Response Team, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria , on Wednesday in Kano.

“Ten more sample collection centres will soon be put in place, bringing the number to 19 in the state. ”The laboratories have a 650 test capacity per day while plans are under way to increase the capacity to between 1, 300 and 1, 500 per day. “Some of the infection recorded among health workers is linked to lack of knowledge on how to protect themselves against infections.On the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19, Hussaini said that most of the cases were recorded in the Kano metropolis while 31 LGAs recorded at least one case of the virus.

 

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