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February 4, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDChas put in place quick and diverse tactics to prevent importation of novelcoronavirus cases into the country.
The Centre’s Director-General, ChikweIhekweazu said the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja, had the capacityto test for the novel coronavirus.
He added that the multi-sectoral CoronavirusPreparedness Group had continued to carry out regular epidemicintelligence-gathering, enhanced surveillance at the points of entry, intensiverisk-communications and strengthening laboratory capacity for testing.
According to Ihekweazu, other measuresinclude placing the National First Rapid Response Team to highly pathogenicinfections on alert, and scaling-up of Public Health Emergency OperationCentres in States, among others. He said the Emergency Operation Centres hadalready established in twenty two states.
He explained that the CoronavirusPreparedness Group had representatives from Federal Ministry of Health, Officeof the National Security Adviser, World Health Organisation, WHO, U.S. Centrefor Disease Control, Pro-Health International and Public Health England.