COVID-19: Delta set to use new test method

The Delta State Government has reiterated it’s commitment to containing the spread of the #COVID19 virus and protecting residents from the disease.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye stated this in a sensitization radio programme: Bridge Parliament on Bridge FM, Asaba.

Dr Ononye stated that dedicated ambulances have been put in place in addition to 2 boat ambulances stationed at the Warri Ports and their drivers trained because of the nature of the disease.

Dr. Ononye also disclosed that Delta State settled for the molecular test methods which are very sensitive and looks for the particular gene components of the virus adding that in the country as a whole, there are, for now, only 6 approved testing centres coordinated by the NCDC.

‪“The State has also set-up a #COVID19 Team with personnel from all the State’s medical centres such as Hospital Management Board, University Teaching Hospital and Federal Medical Center Asaba in collaboration with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC),” Dr Ononye said.