HOW DOES CORONAVIRUS TESTING WORK AND WHY DO WE HAVE FEW LABS CONDUCTING COVID-19 TESTS IN NIGERIA?
Coronaviruses are viruses in the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae, in the family Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales, and realm Riboviria. The main symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, are fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) , diagnostic testing for COVID-19 is critical to tracking the virus and suppressing its transmission. At a Covid-19 media briefing on Monday, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, 'We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test,” The question is; why is the most populous black nation on earth lagging behind on the simple aspect of testing, testing, and testing? To answer, we need to understand how CODID-19 is tested and confirmed. As a holder of a diploma in Laboratory science, and a plant breeder with a background on molecular breeding, I reckon I can delve into this topic with the hope that expert...