[FILE PHOTO] Professor Babatunde Lawal Salako, Director General of the Nigerian Institute Of Medical Research Study, NIMR.
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) on Tuesday presented the newly introduced SARS-CoV-2 Isothemal Molecular Assay (SIMA) to the Federal Ministry of Health.
Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director General of the Institute, stated on his twitter deal with that a demo on the usage of the set was also done at the presentation.
Salako said:” Today, we provided SIMA to the management of the Federal Ministry of Health and also did a demo of how the test package works.
” Comments and suggestions of attendees will definitely enhance the efficiency of the set.
” A trillion thanks to everybody that got involved.”
The News Agency be of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NIMR on Sept. 18, unveiled the first SARS-CoV-2 Isothemal Molecular Assay (SIMA) set in the nation to increase COVID-19 testing capacity.
The Director General, throughout the introducing, stated the testing kit was developed to relieve the challenges posed by the present method which required heavy lab and costly equipment to operate.
According to him, SIMA testing set is a quick and sensitive point of care test for COVID-19 infection using molecular method that is dependable.
NIMR was established in 1977 to perform research on diseases of public health value in Nigeria.
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