Covid cases in Scotland - everything we know about 'uncertain' rise in infection

ANI, quoting officials.  According to the news agency, India's Covid genome sequencing facility, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) reviews the genomic surveillance data on Friday.  It found that the BA.2 sub-variant was found in 60% of the cases and BA.2.38 in 33%. However, the percentage of BA.4 and BA.5 is still very less.

An immunologist has said Ireland is experiencing an uptick in Covid-19 cases, but restricted PCR testing makes it difficult to establish an exact figure.

covid cases across the country. In view of rising covid cases across the nation, the union health ministry has directed all states/UTs to continue monitoring spread of infection and undertake required steps for prompt and effective management of Covid-19, as these states are reporting increase in cases. States have also been asked to monitor influenza-like illness (lLl) & SARI cases in all hospitals on a regular basis.

The active caseload in India has now risen to 68,108, Health Ministry said. India's on 18 June reported 13,216 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health family welfare.

The Ukrainian cabinet approved a resolution on Friday to bar Russian citizens from entering Ukraine without a visa.

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - A flight nightmare, as the widespread flight cancellations caused major problems for a local family, forcing them to hit the road, in a race against time."I cried all day about it and I’m just upset," Delmara Frye said.Frye, emotional about the thought of missing her son’s wedding, says her family’s Thursday night American Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Atlanta was canceled, after it was delayed. They boarded twice, switched pilots and then they were told it was not taking off at all."This Saturday is so important. So important.

Today we are reporting 4,404 community cases, 356 current hospitalisations, and 11 deaths.

LOS ANGELES - Energy prices are soaring across the world and American consumers are feeling the pain at the gas station and in their wallets. Amid the surge in gas prices, thousands of consumers have flocked to dealerships and secondhand marketplaces in hopes of procuring an electric vehicle to cut costs on fuel, but finding an affordable EV or hybrid is becoming increasingly out of reach for many. In February, the average sale price for an EV surpassed $60,000, according to the consumer data website Edmunds. Despite higher prices for EVs and limited availability, strong demand has more communities feeling increased pressure to add charging stations or risk having drivers pass them by in favor of plug-in-friendly areas. Costs have been coming down over the years, but Ford CEO Jim Farley revealed at the Bernstein Conference in early June that the battery pack in a Ford Mustang Mach-E is still around $18,000 to produce.In response to these soaring costs due to high demand, some manufacturers desperate to enter the market are offering affordable options for electric vehicles.Here are a few of today’s discounted electric rides:View from behind of red Chevrolet Bolt electric car, with logo and California DMV clean air access okay decal visible, in Danville, California, March, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Chevrolet recently slashed prices on the Bolt EV to $26,595.

Canada is seeing an increase in several fast-spreading COVID-19 variants that have been fuelling new outbreaks in the United States and Europe, Canada’s top doctors said Friday.

problems with the ear.The study reported symptoms including severe earache, ear numbness, and even temporary hearing loss, which can also continue even after the infection has passed.These symptoms can also appear in those fully-vaccinated.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our free newsletters here .

Accepting a recommendation this week from its independent advisory committee, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today authorized emergency use of Moderna and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months.

COVID-19 Summary dashboard will now only be updated once a week.When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, Waterloo Public Health was updating the information on the website on a daily basis. 1st case of monkeypox recorded in Guelph, public health says More recently, the schedule had dropped to Tuesdays and Fridays but now it will just be on Fridays, with Thursday substituting in on holidays.The region’s COVID-19 dashboard provides a snapshot look at the virus in Waterloo Region, listing the number of COVID-19-related deaths, active cases, total cases and active outbreaks in the area.

Stevenson Review.The review, an independent report on the state of the province’s care homes following controversy around COVID-19 outbreaks earlier in the pandemic, was issued in April of this year.On Friday, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Scott Johnson, along with Health Minister Audrey Gordon, announced funding to the tune of $16 million toward staffing and training at Manitoba care homes.

Rates of COVID-19 hospitalization among adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities were almost 50% higher than rates among elderly beneficiaries with no disability, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).To describe the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilitie

The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant is as much as 50% less likely to cause long COVID than its predecessor Delta variant, according to a letter published yesterday in The Lancet.

gasoline, that may not necessarily be the case.Experts are torn on when or even if drivers might see significant “demand destruction” – an economics term for a sustained decline in demand for a product due to excessively high prices – at the pumps.In theory, reaching an unsustainable price would serve as a tipping point and ultimately cause fuel prices to fall, finally offering drivers some relief. But analysts say we’re not there yet even though gas prices are hovering around all-time highs.

Russian leader is in declining health, but Vladimir Putin looked to have great stamina as the 69-year-old delivered an "impressive" 72-minute speech to officials.The Russian President accused Americans of "declaring they are sent by God to Earth with their sacred interests" during the spiel to the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.Rumours that Putin is dangerously ill were boosted by a secret US intelligence report that claimed the Russian leader was treated for an advanced case of cancer last month.

The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in Greater Manchester has almost doubled in the space of a week. There were 251 Covid-related hospital admissions in the week ending June 12, compared to 133 the week before - an increase of 89pc.

As many as 1,797 more people tested positive for Covid-19 across Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 19,19,52, said the state health department on Friday. With this, the positivity rate in the city has reached 8.18%.

The Covid-19 burden on acute hospital care has increased considerably, according to the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan.

Delhi recorded 1,323 new Covid cases, while Tamil Nadu logged 552, West Bengal reported 192, and Goa reported 112 on Thursday.  The Nagaland government is monitoring the Covid-19 situation with the number of fresh cases maintaining a rising trend in several parts of the country, an official said on Thursday. At such a time, the Lok Nayak Hospital Director Suresh Kumar has pointed out that only patients who have chronic diseases are getting admitted to hospitals after contracting Covid-19.  He further stated that most of the people who are getting admitted to hospitals have recovered and are showing a trend of getting better.

World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that a modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity Such a variant-adapted vaccine may benefit those who have already received the primary series of shots, the agency's panel on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition said, it added. The vaccines could be considered for use globally by the agency once they get emergency use authorization or an approval by a stringent national regulatory authority.

FILE IMAGE - A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Jan. 26, 2022.

Jeff Bridges had no idea that his role as Dan Chase in the FX thriller "This Old Man" would pack a punch. The actor, who stars as a former CIA spy in the series, recalled how he played many of his fight scenes while fighting another real-life battle – cancer. "What makes me laugh, I’m doing this scene, all that fighting and I’ve got a 9-by-12 inch tumor in my body, taking those punches," the 72-year-old told The New York Times on Thursday.

Toronto resident Leshae Moses has been infected with COVID-19 four times.

Maharashtra also reported three Covid related deaths. Of this Mumbai accounted for two.  The Covid-19 caseload rose to 79,27,862, and death toll reached 1,47,883 In Maharashtra. Mumbai reported 111 cases less than on Thursday.  The numbers on Friday in Maharashtra were slightly lesser than those recorded on Thursday and Wednesday. Maharashtra reports 4,165 fresh Covid19 cases today; Active cases at 21,749 pic.twitter.com/D2caB4krBv As many as 4,255 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Maharashtra on Thursday.

kids under 5 — roughly 18 million youngsters — are eligible for the shots, about 1 1/2 years after the vaccines first became available in the US for adults, who have been hit the hardest during the pandemic. The FDA also authorized Moderna's vaccine for school-aged children and teens. Pfizer's shots had previously been the only ones available for those ages.

Omicron variant appears substantially less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants, but still one in 23 people who catch COVID-19 go on to have symptoms for more than four weeks," said lead author of the study, Dr Claire Steves from King’s College London. Long COVID is defined as having new or ongoing COVID symptoms four weeks or more after the start of the disease. “Given the numbers of people affected it’s important that we continue to support them at work, at home and within the NHS [National Health Service]," she said.

Levels of coronavirus have risen this week in the UK, with an estimated 1.4 million people in private households estimated to have had the virus last week. Infections were likely to have been caused by the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant, the Office for National Statistics has said.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden, who has recently been focused on boosting oil production to reduce rising gas costs, will turn his attention to climate change on Friday when he convenes a virtual meeting of some of the world's biggest economies.Among the participants will be China, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Also present will be Egypt, which is hosting the next United Nations summit on climate change, and the U.N.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (C) gives a press conference alongside EU commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement Oliver Varhelyi (R) and spokesperson Eric Mamer (L) on the EU membership applications by Ukraine, Moldova and The executive arm of the European Union recommended Friday that Ukraine be granted candidate status to one day join the 27-nation bloc.The promise of membership in a union created to safeguard peace on the continent holds deep symbolism for the nation at war. But it is only the first step in a process that could take decades.And it didn’t silence the guns and artillery that continue to kill civilians and flatten cities as well as sending millions fleeing from their homes since Russia launched its invasion of its neighbor on Feb.

COVID spike, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ramped up the number of daily tests since the first week of June  Since June 7, Mumbai has been witnessing daily cases in four digits with the fresh count crossing the 2,000-mark on a few days. Consequently, the number of tests since then has also gone above 15,000 per day barring a couple of days.

London following a row with another member - who happened to be a top Department of Health official. Ms Mok, 44, who was unnvaccinated, rowed with civil servant Phoebe Topping over whether or not she had to quarantine after returning from a trip to Bulgaria last autumn.

NEW DELHI : India has reported 12,847 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally of active caseload to over 63,063, the Union health ministry said on Friday. A day before, the country had reported 12,213 new Covid cases across the country. “About 12, 847 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours with active caseload shooting at 63,063," said the ministry.

Here are 10 updates: Among the states, Maharashtra accounted for 20634 active cases, up by 1373.  In Kerala, active cases rose to 19,210, up by 1255 in a single day.  Delhi had 3948 active cases, up 305, while Tamil Nadu had 2313 active cases, up 375. Karnataka's active cases rose to 4371, up 374 in a day.  Daily positivity rate in India went up to 2.47%, from 2.35% in the previous day 5,19,903 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tests conducted so far to 85.69 crore.  7,985 recoveries across India were seen in last 24 hours An increase of 4,848 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

A 'devoted' family man caught Covid-19 in hospital and died, weeks after being admitted with severe back pain. A consultant from Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport told an inquest that the virus "most likely" came from a staff member who did not know they had it

Loneliness is on the rise in Scotland and will get worse with the cost of living restricting people socialising.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A 21-year-old mother was gunned down while holding her baby. Her family said it was her baby's father who pulled the trigger while wearing a jail ankle monitor.DeKalb County police said the shooting happened Wednesday in a wooded area behind Education Elevation Children Academy on Snapfinger Park Drive in Decatur.The family said things were going well for 21-year-old Mic'keya Montgomery despite some setbacks. Her mother died 10 months ago from COVID-19, but she had gotten a job and her own apartment.Taco Nash (DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)Her family said the one thing she had not let go of was Taco Nash, her daughter Khole's father.

Today we are reporting 4,869 community cases, 370 current hospitalisations, and 16 deaths.

Border workers will no longer be required to undergo COVID-19 testing under New Zealand’s public health response to the pandemic, from 11.59pm Thursday 30 June, as part of ongoing adjustments to the pandemic response.

The Omicron coronavirus variant is less likely to cause long Covid than the Delta strain, new research suggests.

BBC The One Show on Thursday (June 16) he said he was "very worried" after hearing a "really high-pitched noise" in his right ear all the time after suffering a bad sinus infection. The musician and choirmaster said: "In 2013 I got a sinus infection. .

COVID-19 infection continues to drop in Manitoba, according to the latest numbers from the province.Between June 5 and 11, 80 Manitobans were hospitalized, 14 of whom went into intensive care.That’s a significant decrease from the 100 hospitalizations and seven deaths the week before, but double the number of ICU patients from that week’s seven.

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record travel season is expected this summer.Colleen McDaniel, Editor-in-Chief of Cruise Critic told FOX Business’ Ashley Webster that the supply chain issues have caused delays for many cruise lines that were set to unveil new ships to the public."We've seen a number of cruise ships being delayed for their debuts because of that," McDaniel said.But, as McDaniel noted, supply chain issues aren't the only ones plaguing the industry this summer: Ongoing staffing shortages have assisted in stunting the industry’s post-pandemic rebound, forcing the world’s most notable cruise companies to find new ways to accommodate passengers.DOMESTIC FLIGHT PRICES INCREASED 47% SINCE JANUARYIn a statement to FOX Business, Norwegian Cruise Lines told the network that "due to the tight labor market, we have not been able to fully staff pride of America. Therefore, in order to maintain the highest possible onboard guest experience, we are operating at a lower guest capacity."Flexibility has been key to navigating the travel industry and in order to ensure the best experience for their customers, cruise liners are being forced to limit the occupancy on their ships. But as staffing woes pose as a major concern across multiple businesses, the cruise industry has a unique case as most cruise ships employ people from overseas.During the onset of the pandemic, employees traveled back to their native countries as travel advisories took effect to curb the pandemic.Now as travel restrictions have eased, many of those employed by cruise lines in the U.S.