Covid-19: Those eligible to undergo test – NCDC
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has highlighted those that are eligible to undergo Covid-19 tests.
NCDC in a post on its official Twitter page explained that returning travellers with fever or difficulty in breathing are eligible for the test.
Also, those who have had close contact with confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 are eligible to undergo the test.
The tweet read: “We’ve updated national case definitions for COVID19 and those that can be tested?
- Returning travellers with fever, cough or difficulty breathing
- Contacts of confirmed cases with these symptoms.
- Those with fever and respiratory symptoms in areas of moderate-high prevalence”
As at Monday evening, patients of Covid-19 in Nigeria rose to 131 as the NCDC confirmed 20 more cases, two deaths were confirmed and more cases were recorded in more states.
