… 2 extra labs to be approved soon!
Over the weekend, samples from 19 persons were tested at Accunalysis Diagnostics Laboratory, a private molecular laboratory in Nnewi, Anambra State, recently certified by NCDC to conduct Coronavirus testing.
According a release by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C Don Adinuba, “The tests carried out at the weekend are the first set of samples from Anambra State to be tested for COVID-19 in the State; hitherto, such tests were done only at the Virology Centre, Irrua, Edo State.
“The privately owned diagnostic centre in Nnewi, where the tests were done, is one of the three laboratories in Anambra State which Governor Willie Obiano has been advising the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to certify as testing centres for COVID-19.
“The other two are the state government-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Mega Laboratory in Awka, the only mega lab in the Southeast which can test up to 500 samples simultaneously; and the Federal Government-owned Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Laboratory in Nnewi.
“At the invitation of the Anambra State government, top officials of the NCDC and the World Health Organization (WHO) visited the State on Saturday, April 28, 2020, and inspected the three laboratories and other relevant key facilities; they expressed delight at what they saw.
“In other words, both the public private partnership (PPP) and cooperative federalism (as opposed to adversarial federalism) are operational in Anambra State for the benefit of the people.”
Following the launch of “Akụ Lụọ Ụnọ” campaign by Gov Willie Obiano, Anambra State Government has continued to deliver quality arrangements with great sons and daughters of the State who are passionate about investing home to contribute to its economic growth and multi-sectoral development.
The new Accunalysis Diagnostics Laboratory is sufficiently equipped to conduct medical inquiries and run complex tests on its ultramodern machines.
Engr Ifeanyi ANIAGOH
(Digi-Priest)
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