{"id":13327,"date":"2020-05-14T08:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13327"},"modified":"2020-05-14T08:49:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:49:08","slug":"imo-ready-to-fight-covid-19-holistically-uzodinma-says-during-launch-of-testing-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13327","title":{"rendered":"Imo ready to fight COVID-19 \u2018holistically,\u2019 Uzodinma says during launch of testing centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Senator-Hope-Uzodinma.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Imo State Governor,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/court-threatens-to-arrest-imo-apc-governorship-candidate-hope-uzodinma\/\">Hope Uzodinma<\/a>, Wednesday commissioned a COVID-19 testing centre in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his address at the event, the governor said another testing centre would be commissioned in Imo, adding that the state was now fully prepared to fight the pandemic holistically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uzodinma said: \u201cThe testing centre \u2013 Evernight Diagnostics Centre \u2013 is a private sector contribution with assistance from the state government, which monitored and ensured that all protocols are followed in setting up the centre in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The centre is situated along Okigwe Road, Owerri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cImo is further encouraged to carry out more tests and is now more prepared than ever in the fight to stop the deadly disease from discomforting Imo people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe testing centre now in Owerri, Imo people will not bear the huge cost of logistics and other inconveniences taking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/nafdac-asks-researchers-to-submit-products-for-covid-19-cure-for-clinical-tests\/\">COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;samples to Abakiliki, Ebonyi State for tests. In two weeks time, the state will be commissioning another of such centres that will be provided by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo State Governor,&nbsp;Hope Uzodinma, Wednesday commissioned a COVID-19 testing centre in the state. In his address at the event, the governor said another testing centre would be commissioned in Imo, adding that the state was now fully prepared to fight the pandemic holistically. Uzodinma said: \u201cThe testing centre \u2013 Evernight Diagnostics Centre \u2013 is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Imo ready to fight COVID-19 \u2018holistically,\u2019 Uzodinma says during launch of testing centre &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13327\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13327#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Imo ready to fight COVID-19 \u2018holistically,\u2019 Uzodinma says during launch of testing centre\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Imo ready to fight COVID-19 \u2018holistically,\u2019 Uzodinma says during launch of testing centre &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13327","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=13327#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Imo ready to fight COVID-19 \u2018holistically,\u2019 Uzodinma says during launch of testing centre"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Imo State Governor,&nbsp;Hope Uzodinma, Wednesday commissioned a COVID-19 testing centre in the state. 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