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£40k Covid loan fraud: Man bags 18-month jail term in UK

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A recruitment consultant who fraudulently abused the UK government’s Covid-19 support scheme has been sentenced after misappropriating tens of thousands of pounds meant to help struggling businesses survive the pandemic. Rico Iheagwara, 36, of River Meads, Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, received an ’18-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, 16 May 2025′. He pleaded …

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Osun monarch, pastor confess to $4.2m Covid-19 scam in US

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27 April 2025
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The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede; and a Nigerian pastor, Edward Oluwasanmi, have pleaded guilty to charges of Covid-19 relief fraud amounting to $4.2 million in the United States. According to court records, Oluwasanmi used companies including Dayspring Transportation Limited, Dayspring Holding Incorporated, and Dayspring Property Incorporated to illegally obtain and divert funds intended for businesses …

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Health & Living

US blames Chinese lab for COVID-19 leak

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19 April 2025
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The United States government has reaffirmed its long-standing position that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China. This statement, attributed to the administration of President Donald Trump, was published on the official White House website on Friday. Central to the renewed claims is the assertion that scientific and circumstantial evidence increasingly supports a lab-based origin of the virus, …

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New COVID-19 variant ravages Europe, US

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28 September 2024
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A new strain of COVID-19, which has been predicted to become the dominant variant globally in the next few months, is rapidly spreading through Europe and the United States. The new variant, known as XEC, was first detected in Germany in June but has spread across 27 countries, including France and the United States, infecting more than 600 people. XEC …

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Biden tests positive for Covid-19

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18 July 2024
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United States President, Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the President/CEO of UnidosUS, Janet Murguía. “I was just on the phone with President Biden. And he shared his deep disappointment at not being able to join us this afternoon. “The president has been at many events as we all know and he just tested positive for Covid”, …

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Masks found to be ineffective after 1st Omicron wave

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31 May 2024
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By the second Omicron wave, wearing masks was shown to offer no protection for adults and potentially increased the risk of infection in children. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were a recommended public health measure to prevent transmission of the virus. Yet new research suggests masks were ineffective at reducing the risk of infection when Omicron became …

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Elevated risk of epilepsy, appendicitis in children after COVID-19 vaccination – Study

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31 May 2024
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Children who received the AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines faced an elevated risk of epilepsy and appendicitis, according to a new study. Pfizer recipients were also more likely to suffer from demyelinating disease or heart inflammation, researchers found. A Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences, United Kingdom, Dr. Julia Hippisley-Cox, …

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COVID-19 still a major threat; 10,000 deaths in December – WHO

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11 January 2024
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday, warned that the coronavirus disease is still a major threat despite partially passing under the radar. The United Nations agency noted that almost 10,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported in December, saying data from various sources pointed to increased transmission last month, fuelled by gatherings over the Christmas holiday period and by the JN.1 …

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New York Supreme Court reinstates workers dismissed due to COVID-19 vaccine

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2 November 2023
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A New York State Supreme Court has ordered all New York city employees who were fired for not being vaccinated against COVID-19 to be reinstated with back pay. The court found that “being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19”. New York city mayor, Eric Adams, claimed earlier this year that his administration would not rehire …

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New COVID-19 variant not detected in Nigeria, NCDC confirms

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27 August 2023
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said the new COVID-19 variant which has been detected in 51 countries is not in Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday, NCDC’s Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said that the centre is currently monitoring the new variant. He said: “NCDC is monitoring the new subvariants (descendants) of the Omicron variant of …

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