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Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control says the agency is desperately in need of RNA extraction kits.
In a tweet posted this afternoon, Ihekweazu said
“We’re desperately looking for more RNA extraction kits as we expand #COVID19 testing.
Product: Total viral RNA extraction kits (preferably spin column and with a lysis buffer)
Manufacturers: Qiagen, ThermoFischer, SeeGene, Inqaba, LifeRiver etc” he wrote