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February 5, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC is set to validate the capacity of the Lagos University of Teaching Hospital LUTH, to test for the novel coronavirus.
Director General of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu,disclosed this on his Twitter handle.
The centre said the five laboratories have thecapacity to diagnose Lassa fever in the country and each laboratory costs about100 million naira to equip initially, and millions of naira to maintain functionality.
He also said the Centre has agreed on an initialnational case definition to identify suspected cases.
According to him, NCDC is one of the fewtrailblazing organisations on the continent with technical expertise and clearmandate to protect the health of Nigerians from threats of infectious diseaseslike the novel coronavirus and Lassa fever.
He advised Nigerians if they experience symptoms ofcoronavirus such as respiratory illness, restlessness or cough within 14 daysof travel to China they should contact NCDC immediately.