COVID-19: Nigeria’s testing capacity very low, NMA, nurses, others warn.

COVID-19: Nigeria’s testing capacity very low, NMA, nurses, others warn.

• Nigeria tests 5,000; Ghana, 37,954; South Africa, 80,085
• ‘Without lockdown enforcement, full blown transmission imminent’
• FG mulls new strategies as cases spread to communities

Olufemi Atoyebi, Eniola Akinkuotu, Olaleye Aluko, Dayo Ojerinde, Bola Bamigbola and James Abraham

Some professional associations in the health sector on Sunday said Nigeria must step up its testing capacity to successfully battle the spread of COVID-19.

The groups, including the Nigerian Medical Association, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, said it was not enough for the federal and state governments to impose lock down on citizens without ensuring that those who had been infected with the virus were fished out and tested.

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