Tag: COVID-19 variant
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COVID-19 variants, rising debt, threaten global economic growth – World Bank
Global growth will slow down over the next two years in the face of “fresh threats” from COVID-19 variants and rising inflation, debt and income inequality, the World Bank said on Tuesday in its latest report. While economic growth experienced a strong rebound in 2021, it is expected to decline markedly from 5.5 per cent…
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu cancels walk for peace, cites rise in COVID-19 as reason
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of has cancelled his proposed walk for peace, citing a major rise in Covid associated with the Omicron variant as reason. Sanwo-Olu announced the cancellation in a statement he personally signed on Thursday. The statement reads: “Since my last address to you, the good people of Lagos State on…
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Oyo reports index Delta COVID-19 variant
The Oyo State Coronavirus Task Force says it has uncovered the Delta variant of the virus in the state. A statement by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, issued on behalf of the taskforce on Sunday in Ibadan, said the general public should be informed of the Delta variant of…
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’32 cases of new Nigerian COVID-19 variant found in UK’
A disturbing new Covid mutation which was first detected in Nigeria has been found in the UK, reports say. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the Nigerian government had earlier raised the alarm of the discovery of the ‘UK variant of interest, the B117 strain found in individuals that have left Nigeria to two other countries.’ However,…