Lagos State government has reassured the general public that testing is still free at all the COVID-19 public testing laboratories for all Lagos residents.
It therefore enjoined all Lagosians to take advantage of the service if they felt unwell or felt they had had a close contact with an infected person.
The government said it had established sampling centres across the state and had continued to enhance the capacity of the public testing laboratories to test all those who required testing free of charge.
It said that if any resident felt unwell, they should complain through the appropriate channel by calling 08000CORONA.
The Lagos State Government launched a Consortium of seven private laboratories in the first phase as part of the testing strategy of the state to increase the accessibility of testing facilities to the organised private and corporate sector who wish to test for various reasons.
“For the avoidance of doubt it is necessary to reiterate to members of the public that testing remains free of charge at all public testing laboratories,” the government said.
