Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos, says the
state has spent N640 million on COVID-19 tests.
He disclosed this on
Thursday, while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in Lagos.
According to the commissioner, the state spends between
N40,000 and N50,000 per test, and has tested 16,000 people so far.
“So, in the next month or two, we’re going to be ramping up
our capacity to test. How much does it cost to test? Well, for now, the
government is providing testing free of charge and the government pays about
N40,000 to N50,000 per test.
“But to ramp up our testing, we’re going to try and use some
means of subsidising those tests, either through insurance or through some
contributions from donors or from developmental partners to help us to
subsidise the tests.
“For now, the state government is providing COVID-19 testing
free of charge and all citizens who need to be tested for COVID-19 because they
are not feeling well, or they’ve had a close contact, can get that test free of
charge at any of our COVID-19 testing sites in the four laboratories.”
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