The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC,  says the Centre was looking for more local manufacturers of personal protection equipment, sanitisers and other necessities in the fight against the coronavirus.

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, said this at the daily Presidential Task Force briefing on Wednesday in Abuja, while giving an update on COVID-19 in the country.

According to him, “In every crisis, there is an opportunity; there is an opportunity for you,  if you are a local manufacturer, producing in line with regulatory standards”.

“Everything we buy now in NCDC is from local manufacturers,” he said.

Ihekweazu appealed to Nigerians not to stigmatise those infected by the virus .

“It could be any of us, none of us is immune to it, as it is a new disease,” he said.

Meanwhile, the government he noted commenced community testing in Abuja on Wednesday.

“In Abuja, in certain communities, we are going door to door and collecting samples from people who have an acute respiratory infection; collecting samples from people that think they have an acute respiratory infection”.