COVID-19: Nnpc/chevron JV donates laboratory to Delta State

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (Nnpc)/chevron Nigeria Ltd Joint Venture (CNL) has donated a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) laboratory facility to Warri Central Hospital to support the fight against Covid-19 in Delta State.

The provision of the state-ofart molecular laboratory testing centre with a brand new PCR machine brings to two the number of Covid-19 testing centres in the state, the first being the once located at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.

Also donated to the new centre at Warri were test kits, medical consumables, five air conditioners, refrigerators and a 50-KVA soundproof generating set as well as the renovation of the four-bedroom laboratory building.

Speaking at the handing over of the facility, general manager, policy, government and public affairs of CNL, Esimaje Brikinn, said the gesture was a part of the overall contributions of CNL to the fight against Covid-19.

The donation, he said, would ensure early detection of Covid-19 cases for isolation and treatment in Warri and environs.

“The aim is to support the government in the fight against the spread of Covid-19 in Delta by enhancing early detection of cases for isolation and treatment within Warri and environs. This is why we are fully involved in the NNPC-LED initiative to provide both tactical and strategic support to the coordinated efforts of government in the fight against Covid-19 in our country by halting its spread,” he explained.

Brikinn, who was represented by the area manager, PGPA field operations, Warri, Sam Daibo lauded the leadership of the Delta State government in the coordination of the oil and gas sector’s response in the containment of the virus in the state.