NCDC DG: Cross River, Jigawa, Kogi, Osun, Ebonyi, Adamawa & Zamfara Are Not Conducting Enough COVID-19 Tests

Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that eight (8) States in Nigeria are not conducting proper coronavirus tests.

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has averred that some states are not conducting enough COVID-19 tests.

Ihekweazu said this at the presidential task force briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday December 10. Some of the states he said are not conducting enough tests include Cross River, Jigawa, Kogi, Osun, Ebonyi, Adamawa and Zamfara.

“It is important to test, to manage the outbreak and plan for vaccination.

“The numbers are not looking good and we need to take this very seriously as we plan for the end of the year,” he said.