Lagos deploys App to validate authenticity of COVID- 19 PCR tests

THE Lagos State Government has deployed a verification platform to validate the authenticity of COVID- 19 PCR tests done within the Private Laboratory Consortium ( PLC) and all state public laboratories for outbound flights.

The platform can be accessed through an App and the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Datacodes ( USSD).

According to a statement by Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the USSD option, which is available on all networks in Nigeria, can also be accessed outside Nigeria as long as the mobile line is on a Nigerian Telecommunications Network.

The USSD option can be accessed by dialing

* 35131* 19# on the 9mobile network and * 55500* 19# on all other networks and following the onscreen prompts to verify results.

Abayomi said the first 30,000 for result verification would be free – courtesy of the Lagos State Government. Subsequent verification will attract N50 per usage for the user/ client.

He said the Lagos State COVID- 19 Result Verification App could be downloaded through Google Store, Apple Store or directly through the Internet, using the link https:// appsenjoy. com/ ZZXAP.

It will utilise the laboratory reference number to verify the COVID- 19 PCR test, validating the result real- time and passengers can download their result sheets, which can be shown to anyone requiring it. The App version can be used and accessed within and outside of Nigeria.