1.0New Mail Nigeriahttps://newmail-ng.comAdejoke Adeogunhttps://newmail-ng.com/author/adejoke/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qnqqte7qzX"><a href="https://newmail-ng.com/with-9000-covid-19-tests-nigerias-capacity-below-that-of-20-african-countries/">With 9,000 COVID-19 tests, Nigeria’s capacity below that of 20 African countries</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://newmail-ng.com/with-9000-covid-19-tests-nigerias-capacity-below-that-of-20-african-countries/embed/#?secret=qnqqte7qzX" width="600" height="338" title="“With 9,000 COVID-19 tests, Nigeria’s capacity below that of 20 African countries” — New Mail Nigeria" data-secret="qnqqte7qzX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://newmail-ng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-22-at-9.26.15-PM.png582349Although Nigeria’s COVID-19 testing capacity has improved, it is not good enough when compared to other countries in Africa and across the world. With 8,934 tests conducted at the end of Tuesday, Africa’s most populous nation has tested only 0.004 percent of its citizens for COVID-19, lagging behind at least 20 countries on the continent. […]