Katsina demands testing centre

Augustine Okezie, Katsina

THE Katsina State Government has demanded the establishment of a testing center in the state by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to ensure suspected patients of COVID-19 are diagnonised within shortest period of time.

Governor Aminu Bello Masari  who made the  demand on Tuesday in Katsina when he received the Director General of NCDC ,Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu and  the Nigeria representative of World Health Organisation (WHO) on a courtesy call at Government House, said the state government had to travel to Abuja, a distance of about 12 hours after collecting samples of suspected patients for test in the laboratory at Abuja as the Kano centre is temporarily  shut down, thus requiring outcome of tests  to take days to be out.