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Published January 7, 2021, 7:31 AM After pioneering successive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing innovations in the country such as the research on Pooled Swab Testing and the ongoing research on Saliva-Based Testing and Pooled Saliva-Based Testing, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, thanked the Department of Health led by Secretary Francisco Duque for signing the Interim Guidelines on the Conduct of COVID-19 Pooled Testing in the country. (UN...

Many Nigerians also live in highly populated households where they share rooms, toilets, among others with relatives and neighbours. Therefore, a COVID-19 case could infect many as most households cannot afford facilities to meet up with the guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus. Meanwhile, the federal government is making effort to procure 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the first quarter of 2021 as part of the process of inoculating Nigerians against the virus. A top governme...