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COVID-19: Virology Lab, Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital activated as testing centre

The virology lab of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi state has been activated as one of the centres in Nigeria for testing for COVID-19.

This was announced on the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Twitter page on Tuesday.

“#COVID19Nigeria UPDATE.

“The virology lab of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi has been activated for #COVID19 testing.

“This brings number of COVID-19 testing labs in Nigeria to 7.

“In progress-Maiduguri, Kano, Sokoto, Port Harcourt, Jos & Kaduna,” NCDC tweeted.

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