A New Covid-19 Laboratory Launched In Bauchi – NCDC.

On Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that it had opened an additional lab to its Molecular Laboratory Network, in Bauchi state.

This brings the total number of labs with the capacity to test for #COVID19 in Nigeria to 29.

In a tweet via its official handle, the health agency said two more laboratories, in Kwara and Gombe, are in progress.

We are pleased to announce the inclusion of an additional lab to the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network:

Bauchi State Reference Molecular Laboratory

This brings the total number of labs with the capacity to test for #COVID19 in Nigeria to 29

In progress: Kwara & Gombe pic.twitter.com/khxWQZ7vQM

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 30, 2020