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Nigeria Defends Slow Pace of Virus Testing as Concern Grows
- Africa’s most populous nation has tested 10,000 people so far
- Global supply-chain crisis is hampering imports of tests
A health worker takes a swab during a community coronavirus testing campaign in Abuja.
Photographer: Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images
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Nigeria defended the slow pace of testing for the coronavirus amid a lockdown that’s paralyzed economic activity in its two main cities as concern over the government response to the outbreak grows.