The Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has reacted to the statement released by the Akwa Ibom state government, disputing the test result released by the agency and demanding a re-take of the test.
Recall that on Wednesday April 1st, the NCDC announced five cases of Coronavirus in Akwa Ibom. The state government in a statement released by its Health Commissioner, Dominic Ukpong today, said they were not informed by the agency of the Coronavirus cases in the state and heard of the five cases over the news like everyone else. Ukpong asked the agency to have a retake of the tests on the five patients. Read here.
However at the media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja today, the NCDC boss, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said there was no reason for the Akwa Ibom state government to dispute the results.
“I just read the press release of the Commissioner for Health in Akwa Ibom State, and I think it’s a little bit…
Source: Linda Ikeji
