Tag Archives: COVID-19

Cable.co.uk has analysed data from the Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), and over 364 million broadband speed tests courtesy of M-Lab (led by teams based at Code for Science & Society; New America’s Open Technology Institute; Google, Inc; Princeton University’s PlanetLab) to compare average internet speeds in 114 countries during and outside of their most stringent COVID-19 lockdown periods.

The World Health Organization warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines.

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, his daughter and three of his aides have tested negative to COVID-19.

People over six feet tall are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with the coronavirus, the results of a new survey reveal.

 Real Madrid striker Mariano Diaz has tested positive for coronavirus and will now miss their Champions League tie with Manchester City next week.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday pushed back against some of the conspiracy theories spreading online accusing him of creating the coronavirus outbreak.

 The governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Federal Government has announced the indigenous development and validation of RNA-Swift in Nigeria.   RNA-Swift is a test kit used for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent for COVID-19.   According to the Ministry of Science and Technology,  the development of the test kit was aimed at speeding up effective testing of Nigerians during the pandemic.   The …

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Trump’s eldest son and a top fund-raising official for the Trump re-election campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday before a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with her condition said. Ms. Guilfoyle traveled to South Dakota with Mr. Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., in anticipation of attending a …

The wife of Ondo governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Also, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Ondo state’s University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, has tested positive.