The ‘kraken’ COVID variant XBB.1.5 is rising quickly in the US : here’s what it could mean for the UK The heavily mutated omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first detected in late 2021. Due to the many mutations in the spike protein (a protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 that...
Nigerian Government Begins Screening Of Arriving Passengers Over COVID-19 Infections Fresh Wave The Nigerian government, under the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will be resuming the screening of passengers coming into the country for possible COVID-19 cases. Dr Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, made this known on Monday in the Federal...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 for the last week of December 2022. It stated on the NCDC website, yesterday, that 22 of the cases were recorded in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ten in Lagos State, two in Delta, while one happened in Plateau. The infections...
The year 2022 is marked by economic downturns and layoffs plaguing tech, two of the industry’s biggest heavyweights both lost more in terms of valuation than any other company before it. First came Amazon, and now, Apple. Combined, the two companies have shed roughly $2 trillion worth of valuation in around 12 months. Apple’s recent...
