COVID-19 test in any of our 61 laboratories is free – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has restated that COVID-19 tests conducted within its molecular laboratories across the country is free.
It stated this on Sunday in a series of tweets.
The 61 NCDC facilities are located in 30 states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which has more testing labs in the country.
S/N | LABORATORIES | STATE | TYPE |
1 | State Specialist Hospital, Amachara lab | Abia | GeneXpert |
2 | State Specialist Hospital , Amachara | PCR Laboratory | |
3 | Federal Medical Centre Yola | Adamawa | PCR Laboratory |
4 | Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Akwa Ibom State | Akwa-Ibom | PCR Laboratory |
5 | Accunalysis medical diagnostics | Anambra | PCR Laboratory |
6 | COOUTH Awka Abbott lab | PCR Laboratory | |
7 | Bauchi state Reference Laboratory | Bauchi | PCR Laboratory |
8 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital | PCR Laboratory | |
9 | 161 AHM lab | Benue | GeneXpert |
10 | University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital | Borno | PCR Laboratory |
11 | Lawrence Henshaw Memo Calabar | Cross River | GeneXpert |
12 | UCTH Lab | ||
13 | Delta Mobile Laboratory | Delta | PCR Laboratory |
14 | Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital | Ebonyi | PCR Laboratory |
15 | Irua Specialist Teaching Hospital | Edo | PCR Laboratory |
16 | University of Benin Teaching Hospital | PCR Laboratory | |
17 | Edo Specialist Hospital, Benin | PCR Laboratory | |
18 | Ekiti – 54gene | Ekiti | PCR Laboratory |
19 | University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital lab | Enugu | GeneXpert |
20 | University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Molecular Virology Laboratory | PCR Laboratory | |
21 | Everight diagnostics and Laboratory services Ltd | Imo | PCR Laboratory |
22 | Federal Medical Centre Owerri lab | GeneXpert | |
23 | Jigawa molecular lab | Jigawa | PCR Laboratory |
24 | DNA laboratory | Kaduna | PCR Laboratory |
25 | Africa Centre of Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria | PCR Laboratory | |
26 | Mobile lab Kaduna | GeneXpert | |
27 | Yusuf Dansoho Memorial Hospital lab | GeneXpert | |
28 | Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital | Kano | PCR Laboratory |
29 | 54gene Kano | PCR Laboratory | |
30 | International Foundation Against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria (IFAIN) | PCR Laboratory | |
31 | EHAlab Kano | PCR Laboratory | |
32 | Bayero University Kano | PCR Laboratory | |
33 | Sahel Centre for Molecular Diagnostics and Research, Katsina | Katsina | PCR Laboratory |
34 | State Specialist Hospital Kogi lab | Kogi | GeneXpert |
35 | Sobi Specialist Hospital | Kwara | PCR Laboratory |
36 | Virology Lagos University Teaching Hospital | Lagos | PCR Laboratory |
37 | Nigeria Institute for Medical Research | Closed System | |
38 | Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory | PCR Laboratory | |
39 | 54gene Lagos | PCR Laboratory | |
40 | NCDC Central Public Health Labortaory | PCR Laboratory | |
41 | Zankli lab | Nasarawa | GeneXpert |
42 | 54gene Ogun | Ogun | PCR Laboratory |
43 | Afriglobal Medicare Laboratory | PCR Laboratory | |
44 | FMC Owo | Ondo | PCR Laboratory |
45 | African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases | Osun | PCR Laboratory |
46 | University College Hospital Virology department laboratory | Oyo | PCR Laboratory |
47 | Biorepository and clinical virology lab, University College Hospital | PCR Laboratory | |
48 | National Veterinary Research Institute | Plateau | PCR Laboratory |
49 | Jos University Teaching Hospital lab | GeneXpert | |
50 | University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital | Rivers | PCR Laboratory |
51 | Rivers State University Teaching Hospital Satallite Molecular Laboratory | PCR Laboratory | |
52 | SPDC (shell) lab | PCR Laboratory | |
53 | Indorama Company Molecular Laboratory | PCR Laboratory | |
54 | Centre for Advanced Medical Research and Training, Usmanu Danfodio University | Sokoto | PCR Laboratory |
55 | NCDC National Reference Laboratory | FCT | PCR Laboratory |
56 | Defense Reference Laboratory | Closed System | |
57 | FCT – 54gene | PCR Laboratory | |
58 | State House Annex Clinic lab (SHAC) | PCR Laboratory | |
59 | University of Abuja, Gwagwalada Laboratory | GeneXpert Laboratory | |
60 | United Nations IOM Lab | GeneXpert Laboratory | |
61 | Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Gombe State Specialist Hospital | Gombe | PCR Laboratory |