The number of tests conducted on persons infected with
coronavirus (COVID-19), before they are certified to have recovered from the
disease, has been reduced to one.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this to Channels Television on
Thursday.
Ihekweazu said recovered COVID-19 patients are now
discharged from the isolation centres after their first negative test.
He said the decision was taken due to challenges of bed
space capacity in the country’s isolation centres.
He said: “So, the discharge criterion at the moment is a
single negative test in Nigeria.
“We used to do two negative tests – 48 hours apart – but
because of challenges of bed space capacity, we reduced that to a single
negative test then discharge the patient to another one week of home isolation
… that’s the policy at the moment.”
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