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Nigeria lost 10 children to COVID-19 NCDC The Punch
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Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has decried deaths of 10 children killed by COVID-19 so far.
Ihekweazu says losing the 10 children to COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria was a tragic incident that should be prevented ahead of the second wave of the virus currently ravaging the country.
Reporting the statistics of the viral pandemic, the NCDC chief said, “Sadly, we have recorded 10 deaths from COVID-19 in children between the age of 0-10;” adding, “Majority of deaths from COVID-19 in Nigeria have been in people aged 61-70.
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The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has launched a new set of COVID-19 test kits that can produce results in 57 minutes.
The new kits which are real-time polymerase chain reaction ( RT-qPCR ) for the detection of COVID-19, was designed by Joseph Shaibu, a molecular virologist at NIMR.
Babatunde Salako, director general of the institute, unveiled the new kits during the ongoing NIMR retreat in Lagos. He said the new products were specifically designed for PCR laboratories across the country.
“We decided to come up with this rt-qPCR testing kits that will work with the conventional PCR laboratories we have across the country,” he said.
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