Nigeria: COVID-19 - Conducting Mass Tests Not Feasible Now - Govt

9 April 2020

The Federal Government has said that conducting mass testing for Coronavirus in Nigeria would not be feasible now given the nation's over 200 million population.

Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after the arrival of the Chinese experts and some equipment in Abuja on Wednesday.

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