The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says it has five molecular laboratories in its network, with the capacity to test for COVID - 19 in the country.
The NCDC, which made the disclosure in a tweet this afternoon, without mentioning where the laboratories are situated, assured that its lab teams were working round the clock to ensure rapid testing of samples from suspected COVID - 19 cases across Nigeria.
As at 11:00 am today, Sunday March 22, NCDC had reported a total of 27 confirmed COVID - 19 cases in Nigeria, with two persons ( including the index case) discharged and no death recorded.
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