Where to Test for COVID-19 in Nigeria – List of NCDC Laboratories

Where to Test for COVID-19 in Nigeria

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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