The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has stopped publishing figures of samples tested daily for COVID-19 across Nigeria.
The agency did not give reasons for the development but said it would henceforth provide the figure weekly.
In the January 24-30 week, NCDC said it collected 61,180 samples for testing, a figure that is much lower than the 87,092 tests carried out in the preceding week.
The previous week’s record took to 1,302, 410 the number of tests conducted in Nigeria since the pandemic broke out in February last year.
However, for week January 31 to February 6, the agency did not publish the number of tests carried out as the figure has remained 1, 302, 410 on its microsite.
NCDC spokesperson, Emeka Oguanuo, said the testing rate will now be updated weekly, he said in a text message, starting from Monday. But did not give a reason for the change.
However, as of 10 a.m. on Monday, the agency was yet to update the routinely midnight data it never failed to update before now.
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