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Gmail blocking 18 million malicious coronavirus emails a day

Posted on May 19, 2020
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Google has said that it intercepted 18 million malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19 each day in the past week, representing nearly 20% of the total number of phishing Gmail messages blocks daily. And this doesn’t include the 240 million coronavirus-related spam messages that its automated systems have filtered...Read more

Facebook expands coronavirus information centre to 24 African countries

Posted on May 19, 2020
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Facebook said it would expand its Coronavirus Information Centre to 24 more countries in Africa as part of its commitment to empower people around the world. Kojo Boakye, Facebook’s Head of Public Policy, Africa, who made the disclosure on Friday said the expansion of centres would empower people around the...Read more

Unilorin set to make coronavirus vaccine research breakthrough

Posted on May 19, 2020
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The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) says it will soon produce a vaccine for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The institution said this in a Bulletin issued on Monday that a team of medical experts and scientists led by a Professor of Medical Virology, Prof. Mathew Kolawole, is working on the project. It stated...Read more

Fresh, strange facts about coronavirus

Posted on May 19, 2020
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Scientists around the world are building up their knowledge about the coronavirus, as they frantically search for a cure and vaccine. The virus, first reported in Wuhan, China last December, has killed over 300,000 people worldwide. It has also infected over 4.5million people. Everyday, scientists build up a dossier on...Read more