Coronavirus: FCT runs out of test kits as Lagos battles shortage of reagents.

Vendors presently treat synthetic as though it's gold, says state government  

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it was confronting a deficiency of reagents for COVID-19 tests. 

The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, uncovered this in a meeting with The PUNCH, as the Federal Capital Territory unveiled that it was engaging a lack of test units. 

Omotosho in a meeting with one of our journalists said the state just got individual defensive hardware and different materials gave by a Chinese very rich person, Jack Ma.

He stated, "The state got things from Jack Ma, yet not test units. The PPE and some different materials, not test packs. 

"The representative said that the deficiency of reagents is a worldwide issue, it's anything but a Lagos issue. The sort of tests we are leading in Lagos and in Nigeria is called atomic testing, which specialists state is 99.9 percent right. The individuals selling the reagents are currently doing as though it is gold. Lagos is searching for methods for working legitimately with providers outside the nation.

"Actually Lagos is engaging with lack of reagents, yet we will continue gathering tests." 

The governors had on Monday said 3,000 examples were holding on to be tried in Lagos. 

FCT faces deficiency of test units 

The FCT Administration additionally said that it was confronting a deficiency of test packs for COVID-19. 

As per the NCDC, Abuja has 254 people on confirmation, 40 released and three passings. 

The Special Assistant (Media) to the FCT serve, Abubakar Sani, clarified on Tuesday that "The FCT is confronting the worldwide test of a deficiency of test units." 

He included," The more packs we get, the more FCTA will perform tests to recognize those tainted and detach them."