Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, said on Monday that he made the request to prevent shutting down of a network of 15 laboratories currently testing for COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ihekweazu wrote: ”We’re desperately looking for more RNA extraction kits as we expand COVID-19 testing. Following the tweet, Nigerians criticised the NCDC boss on social media, claiming he publicly requested for COVID-19 test kits after saying that the country had enough resources to fight the virus.
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