COVID: Nearly 50% of reinfection cases are severe than first time, survey shows

There has been a slight increase in the numbers of people in hospital with Covid-19.

Long covid is making it hard for millions to return to normal life. Yet medical efforts to figure out how best to help these patients are proceeding only slowly. However, a Canadian research trial has reportedly found an answer that why some people continue to experience Covid symptoms months after contracting the disease.

New Delhi: India reported 14,506 new covid cases and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours.  The country’s active caseload has climbed to over 99,602, taking the total tally of covid cases to 4,34,33,345 and 5,25,077 so far, the union health ministry said on Wednesday. The daily positivity rate is now 3.35% while the weekly positivity rate is 3.30%. States like Delhi witnessed an active caseload of 4482, Maharashtra has 25481 cases, Haryana has recorded 2649 cases while Kerala has reported more than 28086 covid cases at present.

Rafael Nadal after the Spaniard was pictured with the Italian after hitting with him last week in the lead-up to the tournament. The withdrawal of Berrettini, who reached the final at Wimbledon last year, was confirmed on Tuesday morning. In a statement, the Italian said: "I am heartbroken to announce that I need to withdraw from @wimbledon due to a positive COVID-19 test result.

Covid-19 cases and four more fatalities due to the infection. However, on Monday, the city reported 628 new Covid cases and three deaths due to the viral disease. Mumbai registered 1,290 csases of coronavirus on Tuesday.The daily count of infections rose by 228 from 1,062 cases reported on Monday.

The Sesame Street character Elmo was administered a COVID-19 vaccine shot in a public service announcement the Sesame Workshop released on Tuesday.The Elmo character in the storyline of the series is three-and-a-half-years-old, and now eligible after the FDA Friday approved Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for children between the ages of five-years-old and six-months-old.In the spot, Elmo was seen speaking with his father Louie about receiving the shot, saying, 'Yeah, there was a little pinch. But it was OK!' The latest: Sesame Street character Elmo was administered a COVID-19 vaccine shot in a public service announcement the Sesame Workshop released on TuesdayLouie said, 'Was it safe? Was it the right decision? I talked to our pediatrician so I could make the right choice - I learned that Elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep himself, our friends, neighbors and everyone else healthy and enjoying the things they love.'A tweet from the official Elmo account read: 'Elmo got the COVID vaccine today, just like Elmo's mommy and daddy! Elmo's daddy had a lot of questions, but Elmo's doctor said the vaccine would help keep Elmo healthy, and all of Elmo's friends and family too! #CaringForEachOther.' Elmo is the latest character on the iconic show to receive the vaccine, as a PSA featuring Big Bird (who is six-years-old in the storyline) receiving a vaccine shot in a clip released last November.Sesame Workshop worked on the clip in a joint venture with the COVID Collaborative's COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative and the Ad Council, Variety reported.

Today we are reporting 7,829 community cases, 395 current hospitalisations, and 15 deaths.

KREMENCHUK, Ukraine - The Ukrainian government released a video of a missile hitting a mall on Monday. "As of the evening of June 28, the total number of Russian missiles that have hit Ukrainian cities are estimated at 2,811," the Defense of Ukraine posted on Twitter. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an "unimaginable" number of victims in "one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history."Zelenskky said that many of the more than 1,000 afternoon shoppers and staff inside the mall managed to escape. Giant plumes of black smoke, dust and orange flames emanated from the wreckage, with emergency crews rushing in to search broken metal and concrete for victims and put out fires.

Travelers check in for a Southwest Airlines flight at Orlando International Airport ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Since the Fourth of July falls on a Monday, it becomes a three-day weekend for many.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside advisory committee today recommended that new booster shot versions include an Omicron variant component, as newer subvariants expand their footprint and the nation faces an uncertain fall and winter with the virus.

A new study from researchers at Boston University (BU) shows that, for all but 17% of healthy, vaccinated young adults, the infectious period for COVID-19 from the Delta and Omicron variants was 5 days. The study was recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.The study involved 92 SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR–positive participants who had

COVID-19 booster shot this fall -- and exactly how best to update it to fight a virus that surely will change even more by then."That’s the problem -- we’re being asked to more or less have a crystal ball today," said Dr. Arnold Monto of the University of Michigan, who heads the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee.Current COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives globally and those used in the U.S.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - A San Mateo County court hearing scheduled for convicted murderer Scott Peterson was delayed because of COVID, a court spokeswoman said Tuesday.One of his attorneys tested positive for the virus, according to Deputy Court Executive Officer Sarah Lind, and Peterson himself was exposed to COVID in his pod at San Quentin. Peterson is on "loose quarantine," she explained.Peterson was scheduled to have a status conference on Monday in his juror misconduct hearing.

Amid the surge of covid cases in some parts of the country, the Centre on Tuesday has directed States and UTs to focus on accelerating second and precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccination. Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary reviewed the status of COVID situation through a video conference (VC) with 14 such States that are reporting high number of cases on a week-to-week basis along with increased case positivity combined with low numbers of COVID tests and below average COVID vaccination.

A 2013 Nissan Pathfinder is displayed at Star Nissan on December 3, 2012 in Niles, Illinois. WASHINGTON (AP) - Nissan is recalling nearly 323,000 Pathfinder SUVs in the U.S.

MENDON, Mo. - The Missouri State Highway Patrol said at least four people were killed when an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck in Missouri at a crossing Monday.Authorities initially said two people were killed inside the train and one person was killed in the truck. They did not release their names. A fourth person died from injuries suffered in an Amtrak train derailment in Missouri, the state highway patrol said Tuesday. The patrol said the person died at the University of Missouri Health Center.

vaccine against Covid-19. The SEC under India's drug regulator found data submitted by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals satisfactory in Friday's meeting. The company had submitted the data back in April and provided additional data in May.

NEW DELHI : Amid the surge of covid cases in some parts of the country, the Centre on Tuesday has directed States and UTs to focus on accelerating second and precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccination.  Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary reviewed the status of COVID situation through a video conference (VC) with 14 such States that are reporting high number of cases on a week-to-week basis along with increased case positivity combined with low numbers of COVID tests and below average COVID vaccination.  He advised caution and continuous alertness to States reporting a surge in COVID cases during the past few weeks, and to step up vigil against COVID.  The four-fold strategy highlights surveillance of incoming inter-national travelers; community-based surveillance; sentinel site surveillance (health facility-based surveillance and lab-based surveillance); and Whole Genome Sequencing.  States were advised to scan for and report all SARI and ILI cases from all district hospitals, major private hospitals and medical colleges across the districts, and keep a close watch on those geographies where these clusters are emerging.  “States were also strongly advised to strictly monitor epidemiological profile of admitted COVID patients and report the clinical manifestation to Health Ministry, rather than a random or anecdotal reporting.

Cases of Covid are rising again in Ayrshire as the NHS admitted today pressure on the care system remains high.

Express, the jab was not an option for him and told reporters he would rather not play in tournaments that required it than subject himself to the shot. Speaking at a press conference, a reporter asked: " Is that [getting jabbed] something you've completely closed your mind to as an option going forward?" Mr Djokovic replied: "Yes. Yes."  His opposition is likely to come under fresh scrutiny as Marin Cilic revealed he has been self-isolating after testing positive for Covid.

TOWIE star Tommy Mallet has revealed his ripped body transformation after "completely changing" his lifestyle. The dad of one, 30, posted stark before-and-after images, revealing his 10kg weight shred, to his Instagram page.

Olympic gold medallist Alex Kopacz may be used to being out of breath when pushing a bobsled, but last year after he was hospitalized for COVID-19, he experienced a very different kind of breathlessness.

cost to fill up at the pumps this summer as record gas prices continue to climb, according to the results of a recent survey.As the average price for regular gasoline topped the $2-per-litre mark earlier this month, 69 per cent of Canadian respondents to an Ipsos Poll conducted exclusively for Global News said they were concerned they might not be able to afford gas.Those fears were even more widespread among households with kids (80 per cent) and younger generations aged 18-34 (77 per cent) and 35-54 (74 per cent). Gas prices are at record highs.

China has cut the quarantine time for inbound travellers by half in a major easing of one of the world's strictest Covid-19 curbs, which have deterred travel in and out of the country since 2020.

COVID-19 vaccine, sources told ANI on Tuesday. The Drugs controller general of India (DCGI) is expected to give Emergency Use Authorisation to Gennova's mRNA vaccine any time soon.

NEW DELHI: Star Health and Allied Insurance Company has signed a corporate agency agreement with IDFC FIRST Bank for distribution of its health insurance products. Under the agreement, Star Health will offer its health insurance products to the bank’s customers using the latter's digital platform and its distribution network.

Kerala reported close to and more than 3,000 cases daily and on Monday it had recorded 2,993 fresh infections, according to the state government data In an order dated June 22, circulated to all district police chiefs "for urgent implementation and remarks", the police department has referred to an April 27 directive of the state Disaster Management Authority making it compulsory to wear masks in "public places, gatherings, workplaces and during transport" which is still in force.  The April 27 order also states that violation of the direction would be punishable under provisions of the Disaster Management Act.  Meanwhile, India recorded 11,793 new coronavirus infections, pushing the country’s tally to 4,34,18,839, while the active cases rose to 96,700, the Union Health Ministry said today. The death toll climbed to 5,25,047 with 27 new fatalities, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.

New Delhi: India reported 11,793 new covid cases and 27 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 96,700, increasing the total number of cases to 4,34,18,839 so far, the union health ministry data said on Tuesday. The weekly positivity rate currently now stands at 3.36% and the daily positivity rate is 2.49%.

people have been administered with the total vaccination now stands at 1,97,31,43,196in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

Today we are reporting 8,028 community cases, 383 current hospitalisations, and 16 deaths.

The NZ COVID Tracer App is evolving to better reflect the current phase of the pandemic response.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 2 on Monday. The NHC uses that distinction for a developing system to allow the agency to issue alerts.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON YOUR TVAs of 5 p.m.

Though both complications were rare, data from Ontario show higher rates of myocarditis and pericarditis with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine than with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but the rates were lower for both vaccines if the spacing between receiving two doses was extended, according to a study late last week in JAMA Network Open.

An Amtrak logo is seen on the side of a passenger train on the platform at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015.

The Journal of Infectious Diseases has published studies demonstrating lower COVID-19 incidence—but a higher risk of severe disease—in people with Down syndrome (DS), and a lower COVID vaccine immune response.In the first matched cohort study, based on data collecte

RAIPUR : As Covid-19 cases see a sudden surge throughout India, driven by rising cases in Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, the Chhattisgarh government has ordered that samples of passengers who are arriving at the state from other places be checked at airports or border posts. A government statement said that samples of passengers coming through inter-state border check posts must be examined by deploying health teams in coordination with the transport department The directive was issued in order to combat the rapid rise in coronavirus cases.

The former owner of a failed fast-food pizza takeaway has been jailed over a £20,000 Covid-19 loan fraud. The Insolvency Service said the case of Abdulrazag Zagroba, 54, from Old Trafford, was the first successful criminal prosecution of a 'bounce back' loan fraudster in the country.

COVID-19 cases in particular areas of some states, he said: "If we look at Maharashtra it's not the whole Maharashtra that is reporting surge in COVID-19 cases, we have to see epidemiologically where the transmission is reporting maximum, So Mumbai circles, Pune, Palghar, and Thane are the places which are reporting continuous rise in cases. Similarly in Kerala also, although positivity is very high, there are other dimensions." "The surge in cases is dependent on three important parameters.

Food and grocery delivery platform Swiggy’s business has recovered fully from the effects of the COVID pandemic, pointed out Prosus, one of its biggest investors, pointed out in its annual report. Swiggy’s gross merchandise value (GMV) grew 76% to $2.3 billion in FY22.

1. Monkeypox is caused by a virus Monkeypox is a large DNA virus belonging to the orthopoxvirus family. Unlike the related smallpox virus, variola, which only affected humans, monkeypox virus is found in rodents and other animals in parts of Africa.

NEW DELHI: India recorded 17,073 fresh covid infections in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's active caseload to 94,420, as per data from the Union health ministry on Monday. Death toll rose to 525,020, with 21 new fatalities in the past 24 hours, as per the data. India's total covid cases stand at 4,34,07,046.

Sutton Foster will be missing a few performances of The Music Man.

India reported 17,073 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the union health ministry data on 27 June. The country saw a rise in cases after it had reported 11,739 cases on 26 June.

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is fighting another wildfire, this time in Brendan T. Byrne State Forest.The agency announced they were responding to the fire Sunday afternoon.A wildfire burns in Brendan T.

Today we are reporting 5,549 community cases, 383 current hospitalisations, and 11 deaths.

Sutton Foster has to pause the music! On Sunday, the actress shared that she tested positive for COVID-19. “Hi everybody I just wanted to let everyone know that today, this morning, I tested positive for Covid,” the 47-year-old actress said to the camera in a video posted on her Instagram. “And I’m so sad that I won’t be able to be at the Music Man for a little bit. But my incredible understudies Audrey Cardwell and Kathy Voutko will be holding down the fort as Marion Paroo with Mr.

NEW DELHI : Scientists at the Department of Biotechnology’s (DBT) are studying the long-term memory of covid-19 vaccination in the human body, including the jabs’ quality and durability. The research outcome will have a bearing on future vaccine dosage strategies, including for booster doses. DBT secretary Rajesh Gokhale said: “Given the large-scale covid-19 vaccination in the country, the study aims to understand long-term immune responses in the population.

Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.