Nigerian authorities disturbed by low level of coronavirus test sample collection

ABUJA, Sept 3- Nigerian authorities are disturbed by the low level of coronavirus test sample collections, a senior government official said on Thursday.

ABUJA, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities are disturbed

by the low level of coronavirus test sample collections, a

senior government official said on Thursday.

“Despite the increased diagnostic capacity and improvedaccess to testing, the demand remains low with not enoughsamples being collected,” Boss Mustapha, the country’s mostsenior civil servant, told reporters at a meeting of a taskforce on the pandemic.(Reporting by Felix Onuah;Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram;Editing by Catherine Evans)