Federal Government has called on state governments to take concrete steps to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic amid an upsurge in infections.
It is bothered about the poor approach of the states and inconsistency in reaction to the National Response Plan on COVID -19 as enumerated by the Presidential Task Force (PTF).
Checkout Magazine learnt that most of the nation’s 90 laboratories in the states are not working optimally despite receiving N1billion from the Federal Government.
The Chairman of PTF and the Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha said; “Data shows that despite the resources already made available to sub-national entities, testing is very low across States in varying degrees. This is not helping our National Response
“Indeed, some states have not reported any infections in several weeks. Reports received also point to the fact that laboratories recently established in the States are not working optimally. You will recall that we moved from two laboratories to about 90 (Public & Private) located in all states of the Federation.
“Their inability to function optimally has resulted in unacceptable level of delay in receiving results and pressure on the National Reference Labs.
