Partners for Community Safety (PCS) a non-governmental organization, has appealed to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to put up an international standard medical laboratory for COVID-19 sample collection and testing in Kano state.

PSC team leader, Comrade Ali Wali,  who wasn’t satisfied with the operation manner of the agency in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, asked that the Federal Government Should quickly set up testing centres across the state and ”embark on community testing before things get out of hands.”

“Kano state testing capacity needs to enhanced urgently, this is because the status of the state as far as COVID-19 is concerned is not yet known. Older people and people with underlying medical problems are dying in Kano.

“With a population of about 18 million people, only a few testing kits were given to the state. This is sad.”

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He called on the members of the public to be serious about COVID-19 and stop spreading fake news because it is a reality everyone must face.

He also called on the security agencies to collaborate with traditional institutions in order to strengthen surveillance on the nation’s borders to avert interstate transmission.