NCDC Testing Kits And Rapidity Effects -By Onawola Abdulqodri Adewale

Meddling into COVID_ 19 affairs and writing on it needs to be in form of a Thesis, a composure subjected to a truthful Research in which this piece is coherent with.

The outbreak of coronavirus has introduced lot of developments around the world and specifically, Nigeria is not excluded. The case of COVID_ 19 as it appears has made clear of some questions that were not likely to be known by some Nigerians.

Nigerians have been asking questions regarding how would some functions be executed, mode of operations and the bodies in charge. In Nigeria, a body was distinctively founded with the responsibility of fight against diseases and its kinds by treating patients and other related activities.

Nigerians often ask the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control questions like:” Who leads the response at state level, Who is responsible for setting up testing centres in state level, Whose responsibility is to establish and accredit testing laboratories and many more questions in which Why is Nigeria not using rapid test kits” is inclusive.

This piece focuses on answering ” Why is Nigeria not using rapid test kits” and buttresses it contents with the public exposures made by NCDC and other medical departments in Nigeria and in a similar manner, it shields more lights on it.

NCDC is working closely with other health bodies in Africa and around the world in order to effectively carry out the expected services. Unlike before, Nigeria recently has 26 testing laboratories in Nigerian states with sophisticated kits, this shows the testing strength in the country.

Although, Nigeria has a thriving testing capacity by making good use of available resources and resources donated by benevolent individuals and what could emerge when NCDC uses rapid test kits.

FALSE POSITIVE CASES OF COVID_ 19

With the current cases of COVID_ 19 cases in Nigeria, thorough testing mediums need to be observed in order to prevent a nation wide false declaration of cases because when false positive cases are recorded, it could boomerang unpleasant experiences and massive shortage of available resources.

When this is later realized at the world level, it may label Nigerian health workers with lot of unpleasant names so, a thorough testing mediums should be practised in order to prevent all these.

FALSE NEGATIVE CASES OF COVID_ 19

On the order hand, false negative cases of COVID _ 19 is a more dangerous situation than false positive cases of COVID_19. A patient who is tested to be a false negative patient due to the issue of rapid test kits might unknowingly spread the virus to hundreds of people on a larger scale.

This kind of scenario does not help Nigeria operations against COVID_ 19 but rather, it adds to the emerging health crisis. Considering that Human errors could occur while making a quick and rapid test is another determiner to address, thoroughly made test is preferable in Nigeria.

Eventually, the NCDC provides guidelines on how laboratories should operate in Nigeria and currently, 26 active and accredited testing laboratories are now available all over Nigeria. These testing laboratories nurture the responsibility of collecting samples in line with the laid down guidelines made by the NCDC.

Onawola Abdulqodri Adewale is a 200_ level student of English language at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria. He can be reached via his Gmail address: onawolaabdulqodri22@gmail.com or phone number: 09025324714.