Coronavirus testing centres have doubled in Nigeria in the last weeks as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) approved more. The number has risen to 28 throughout Nigeria to make COVID-19 test more accessible.
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The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu talked to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recently. He told them that two more laboratories have been added to their growing molecular laboratory network. To get a COVID-19 test now in Nigeria, here the closest laboratories near you:
List of laboratories in Nigeria that offer COVID-19 test
Ogun – Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory
Katsina State – Sahel Centre for Molecular Diagnostics and Research
FCT
- NCDC National Reference Laboratory
- Defence Reference Laboratory
Lagos
- Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
- Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory
- Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
- 54gene mobile laboratory
Edo – Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital
Oyo – Virology Laboratory of University College Hospital
Ebonyi – Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki
Osun – African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases
Plateau – National Veterinary Research Institute
Kano State – Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital
Kaduna – DNA Laboratory
Maiduguri – University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
Sokoto
- Centre for Advanced Medical Research and Training
- Usmanu Danfodio University
Zaria
- Africa Centre of Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology
- Ahmadu Bello University
Kano
- 54gene mobile laboratory
- Bayero University Kano
Ogun – 54gene mobile laboratory
Kano State – Mobile laboratory
Port Harcourt
- UPTH
- Rivers State University Teaching Hospital
- Satelite Molecular Laboratory
Benin – University of Benin Teaching Hospital
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