{"id":6134,"date":"2020-08-21T00:43:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6134"},"modified":"2020-08-21T00:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T00:43:42","slug":"covid-19-gombe-state-molecular-diagnostic-laboratory-opens-for-covid-19-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6134","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19:\u00a0Gombe State Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Opens For Covid-19 Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">COVID-19:\u00a0Gombe State Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Opens For Covid-19 Test<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Gombe State Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is now open for COVID-19 test.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Laboratory which is located at the public health laboratory complex, Specialist Hospital\u00a0has the capacity of testing 50 samples per day in the first instance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6136\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_12346-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_12346-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_12346-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_12346.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Commissioner of Health,\u00a0Ahmed Gana\u00a0who revealed this said with time,\u00a0 the facility will increase its testing capacity to 120 per day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">So far, about 16 positive cases were recorded from the lab. He informed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ahmed however assured of an increase in the daily sample test.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We can run 150 samples per day. We are proposing running 2 shifts per day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We must measure the burden of COVID-19 in the state and we can do that by testing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6137\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_40965-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_40965-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_40965-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200821_40965.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The only way to combat this infection is through prevention before we have a vaccine.&#8221;\u00a0Covid -19 is real he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">As for the public<\/span>\u00a0response,\u00a0 it is encouraging. He added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19:\u00a0Gombe State Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Opens For Covid-19 Test Zainab Tanimu The Gombe State Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is now open for COVID-19 test. The Laboratory which is located at the public health laboratory complex, Specialist Hospital\u00a0has the capacity of testing 50 samples per day in the first instance. 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