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GTX Corp Adds Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits for the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) Antigen
GTX CorpFebruary 18, 2021 GMT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) GTX Corp(OTC: GTXO) (“GTX” or the “Company”), a pioneer in the field of wearable GPS human and asset tracking systems and a supplier of Health and Safety personal protective medical equipment “PPE”, announced today it has begun the distribution of a
Rapid Diagnostic Test-Kits for Antigens. The highly accurate, 10-minute results COVID-19 Antigen test
is approved under the Emergency Use Authorization (“EAU”) and tests for the detection of Antigens specific to SARS-CoV-2.
A passenger s body temperature is being tested at the gate of entry upon arrival at the Murtala International Airport in Lagos, on March 2, 2020. - Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new coronavirus, the health minister said Monday, as officials scrambled to stop the disease spreading. Africa s most populous country on Friday confirmed the first case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa after the patient was diagnosed in the economic hub Lagos. (Photo by BENSON IBEABUCHI / AFP) (Photo by BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFP via Getty Images)
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja, Feb. 1, 2021 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 75 healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one week across the country.
Total Number Discharged – 147,899
Total Deaths – 2,030
Total Tests Carried out – 1,684,305
According to the NCDC, the 86 new cases are reported from 7 states- FCT (33), Lagos (28), Ondo (11), Kano (7), Akwa Ibom (3), Rivers (3), and Kaduna (1)
Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 57,210, followed by Abuja (19,525), Plateau (9,006), Kaduna (8,848), Rivers (6,852), Oyo (6,823), Edo (4,867), Ogun (4,610), Kano (3,881), Ondo (3,129), Kwara (3,067), Delta (2,597), Osun (2,506), Nasarawa (2,315), Enugu (2,221), Katsina (2,082), Gombe (2,025), Ebonyi (1,976), Anambra (1,909), Akwa Ibom (1,733), and Abia (1,649).
Imo State has recorded 1,639 cases, Bauchi (1,482), Borno (1,324), Benue (1,188), Adamawa (942), Niger (930), Taraba (910), Ekiti (857), Bayelsa (863), Sokoto (773), Jigawa (501), Kebbi (438), Cross River (357), Yobe (293), Zamfara (231), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 75 healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one week across the country.
Its Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.
Ihekweazu said that the number of healthcare workers getting infected was becoming worrisome.
He said efforts were ongoing to ensure that health workers were actively protected against the virus.
“First, I’ll like to address the increasing number of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers themselves.