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One unusual Covid symptom expert in ear 'we haven't heard much about'

A coronavirus expert has highlighted two concerning Covid symptoms as Omicron continues to mutate.

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Early signs that Covid-19 virus is evolving differently, experts reveal

sub-variants of Omicron-BA.5 and BA.5 are more transmissible, and can dodge some of the immune protection conferred by previous infection and vaccination.

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WHO: Subvariants fueling COVID rises in more than 50 countries

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that rising COVID-19 cases are creating a volatile situation, posing the most risk for countries with low vaccination coverage.

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Covid variants will not get less virulent with time: Experts on how Omicron BA2.12.1, differs from BA.4, BA.5

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Facing funding crisis, White House warns of COVID-19 surge in fall

Without a substantial infusion of cash from Congress, the United States could see another 100 million COVID-19 cases come fall, the White House warned today.

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Delta mutation in Omicron BA.4, BA.5 makes Covid variant virulent but…: Expert on how to avert 4th wave in India

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COVID likely to rise in June and July: Maharashtra minister warns amid 4th wave fears

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday warned that there are very high chances that daily infection rate of COVID-19 will once again surge in June and July and the best way ahead is to speed up the vaccination drive against the infection. The comment comes at a time when Omicron BA.2 has become dominant across the world and BA.4 and BA.5 are leading another surge in South Africa.

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6,407 community cases; 368 hospitalisations; 18 in ICU; 2 deaths

Today we are reporting 6,407 community cases, 368 hospitalisations and 2 deaths.

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South Africa Covid-19 positivity rate touches 5-month high amid rapid Omicron spread. 5 points

The rapid spread of Omicron cases in South Africa:

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5,647 community cases; 350 hospitalisations; 17 in ICU; 3 deaths

Today we are reporting 5,647 community cases, 350 hospitalisations and 3 deaths.

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BA.4, BA.5 in Canada: What we know about the 2 new Omicron subvariants

The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring two new COVID-19 subvariants of Omicron, the highly transmissible variant of concern now dominant around the world.

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Omicron infection increases antibodies against Delta only if…: Study on COVID reinfection

Omicron infection can increase the level of antibodies against the Delta COVID variant, but only if you are vaccinated against the virus, a new study has revealed.

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Covid evolving differently: Experts on how new waves will emerge

If it has been predicted earlier, the Covid virus has started evolving differently. Compared with the first two years of the pandemic when variants seemed to appear out of nowhere, Tulio de Oliveira, a bioinformatician at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, who had detected the emergence of BA.4 and BA.5, pointed out new waves of coronavirus are periodically emerging from already circulating strains, for example, Omicron. However, experts warned “we shouldn’t rule out more such surprises from SARS-CoV-2."

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COVID-19 Scan for May 05, 2022

A study of more than 160,000 COVID-19 tests of South African healthcare workers concludes that two doses of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines are about 71% effective against hospitalization caused by Omicron 1 to 2 months after the second dose, with little waning at 5 months or longer.Investigators from the South African Medical Research Council led th

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Omicron may not be more severe than previous Covid-19 variants, study suggests

SARS-CoV-2 waves in over 1,30,000 Covid-19 patients.

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COVID-19 pandemic has killed nearly 15M globally, including indirect deaths: WHO

World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.WHO provided a range of 13.3 million deaths to 16.6 million between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec.

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India sees steady rise in Covid-19 cases, 3,275 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in last 24 hours

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Subvariants fuel COVID-19 rises in Africa and the Americas

Though global COVID-19 cases overall continue to fall, illness levels rose in Africa and the Americas for the second week in a row, led by a trio of Omicron subvariants, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly pandemic update.

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China's COVID-19 battle continues in 2 key hot spots

With Shanghai's lockdown in effect for about a month, cases are slowly declining, but health officials are alarmed about more infections reported outside of quarantine facilities. Meanwhile, cases are still rising in Beijing, where health officials continue to tighten measures.

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COVID-19 Omicron sub-variants dodge immunity from past infection, South African study finds

JOHANNESBURG - Researchers in South Africa have found two new Omicron sub-variants that were able to evade antibodies from previous infections and vaccinations, Reuters reported on May 1. According to a study, led by the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, researchers found that blood samples from vaccinated individuals showed their antibody production dropped eight times when tested against the two Omicron sub-variants, BA.4 and BA.5, according to Reuters."The vaccinated group showed about a 5-fold higher neutralization capacity ... and should be better protected," said the study, a pre-print of which was obtained by Reuters. The new findings follow a warning from South Africa’s health minister who said last week the country has already likely entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected following a recent rise in hospitalizations and infections. The increase in new cases has been dominated by the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of the omicron variant which dominated the country’s earlier wave of the virus."Whichever way you look at it, it does suggest that we may actually be entering the fifth wave much earlier," Health Minister Joe Phaahla said Friday at a televised press briefing.He said officials will be watching carefully over the next few days to determine if the increase is sustained which would confirm a new wave.A health worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine to a student during a rural vaccination drive by Broadreach NGO at Duduzile Secondary School in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

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Omicron BA.4, BA.5 leading 5th COVID wave in South Africa: With several sublineages circulating, check these 18 symptoms

With South Africa entering the 5th wave of Covid-19 earlier than expected and India witnessing a slight rise in daily infection rate once again, experts have stressed on maintaining caution.

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Early signs you may have Omicron Covid variant - even if fully vaccinated

Omicron variant of Covid has show two early warning signs that you might have the virus – even if you've been vaccinated.According to experts, if you feel dizzy or fatigued, you might have caught the virus – regardless of how many jabs or boosters you have had.The variant was first found in South Africa and Hong Kong in November, 2021, and came to the UK a few weeks later in December.It was thought to be a much milder strain when compared to the then-more dominant Delta strain, which had taken hold of the country at the time.According to a recent report published in infectious disease and epidemiology journal, Eurosurveillance, there were eight key symptoms experienced by a Norwegian group of fully vaccinated partygoers recently.These were a cough, runny nose, fatigue, sore throat, headache, muscle pain, fever and sneezing.The study found that cough, runny nose and fatigue were among the most common symptoms in the vaccinated individuals while sneezing and fever were least common in the milder strain of the virus.This prompted nausea to be added to the official symptoms list worldwide, as dizziness was already on it.And according to Professor Tim Spector, the man behind the much-lauded ZOE Symptom Study app, around half of all new colds are actually Covid.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.Fatigue can also present itself as sore or weak muscles, headaches, and even blurry vision and loss of appetite.The news of two new symptoms comes as two new variants of Omicrom were found in Bengaluru, India.According to New Indian Express, BA.2.10 and BA.2.12 were found, but not much data exists yet as these are the first sightings of the new variant.A spokesman for the

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Next COVID wave to be led by…: Expert who detected Omicron BA.4, BA.5 speaks on new variant

Omicron BA.4 & BA.5, pointed out that it is also time to reconsider variant evolution.Some scientists & science communicators are convinced that one needs a new variant to cause a new wave. Delta caused a long wave with multiple lineages. Omicron is causing waves with BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4 & BA.5. Time to reconsider variant evolution? Today's results for SA. https://t.co/fByGXwubtf

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5,656 community cases; 466 hospitalisations; 16 in ICU; 6 deaths

Today we are reporting 5,656 community cases, 466 hospitalisations and six deaths.

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South Africa braces for fifth COVID surge, another major Chinese city tracks outbreak

With cases rising sharply in the last weeks, South African officials said the increase might signal the start of a fifth surge, and in China, officials are battling the spread of the virus in another large city, Guangzhou, home to 15.3 million people.

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Covid cases, hospitalisations rising, could be start of 5th wave: South Africa

new variants of Covid, other than changes to the dominant one circulating, Omicron.

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COVID rises in Africa and the Americas, Moderna submits EUA for use in young kids

Though COVID-19 cases are still declining globally, they are rising again in Africa and the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly pandemic report.

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Omicron BA.4, BA.5 is more…: Epidemiologist on new strains as Covid surges in South Africa

associated with a resurgence in infections in South Africa approximately four months on fromthe start of the Omicron wave. Pre-print - https://t.co/llcagIwEtI

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Africa seeing uptick in Covid cases driven by South Africa - WHO

Africa is seeing an uptick in Covid-19 cases largely driven by a doubling in cases reported in South Africa, the World Health Organization has said.

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Pedrie Wannenburg: Loved ones reeling after elite rugby player killed in crash

HOUSTON - Loved ones are mourning the loss of a former international rugby player killed in a crash in west Harris County. Pedrie Wannenberg, 41, was most recently a coach at Rice University and so many people were shocked to hear what happened. DETAILS: Pursuit in Harris County ends with 1 dead, 6 injuredThe sports community worldwide honored the rugby legend with his former South African team the Vodacom Bulls holding a moment of silence Saturday after he was killed Friday evening in a car crash just west of Houston. Eugene Eloff, Wannenberg's close friend and coach, spoke to FOX 26 from South Africa, telling us the rugby player and father touched many lives on and off the field. "He would go out of his way, to help other people," he said. "On the field, he would put his body on the line for his team.

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‘No one is safe until…’: Scientist warns vaccine inequity amid latest Covid surge

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New variants of Omicron emerging? What top doctor says on Delhi Covid surge

Covid cases surge, Dr. SK Sarin, Director, Institute of Liver&Biliary Sciences said, "There's a possibility that new variants of Omicron are emerging."

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More deadly Covid variants can emerge: WHO warns of another coronavirus wave

WHO warned that with winter approaching for Southern Hemisphere countries, “there is a high risk of another wave of new COVID infections." The coronavirus spreads more easily in cooler temperatures when people are more likely to gather in larger numbers indoors.

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Mumbai covid patient’s sample test rules out any XE variant

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WHO monitors two new Omicron Covid sub-variants BA.4, BA.5: All you need to know

variant which are globally dominant right now include BA.1 and BA.2.

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Fourth wave of Covid-19 likely to hit India soon? Check all symptoms seen so far

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Mumbai: Hours after detection of XE variant of Covid-19, new evidence comes to light. See details

XEVariant is a fully vaccinated 50-year-old women with no comorbidity and asymptomatic. She had come from South Africa on February 10 and had no prior travel history.

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'Highly transmissible' Covid XE variant found in Mumbai: 5 things to know

new variant, which was first reported in the UK, appears to be 10% more transmissible than the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, the WHO said.

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Amid fresh global surge, is India at further risk of covid wave?

Sequencing woes

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4 in 10 urban Indians still concerned about Covid-19: Survey

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70% of COVID survivors in UK study had impaired memory, focus

An online UK study finds that about 70% of 181 adult COVID survivors had memory and concentration problems several months after infection, 75% reported persistent symptoms so severe that they couldn't work, and 50% said that medical professionals didn't take their symptoms seriously.

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WTO hails Covid vaccines IP compromise among India, EU, US and South Africa

WTO members to come into force.

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These Indian states account for highest deaths due to coronavirus: Lancet report

Covid mortality in 12 Indian states using data from the civil registration system, the report found that India had an estimated 152.5 excess deaths per 100,000 people over the two years.

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Western-involved study shows positive impacts of physical activity on COVID outcomes

British Journal of Sports Medicine, looked at physical activity data involving more than 65,000 adult patients from South Africa who had COVID-19 between March 2020 and June 2021.Researchers found that patients with moderate to high levels of physical activity — 60 to 149 minutes per week, and 150-plus minutes per week, respectively — were associated with lower rates of hospitalization, ICU admission, ventilation, and death compared to those with low activity levels, defined as zero to 59 minutes per week. Ontario reacts as province lifts most COVID-19 restrictions The 65,361 patients involved in the study were all from South Africa and accounted for demographics and comorbidities, the study says.

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South Africa records zero covid deaths, first time since May 2020

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News Scan for Feb 25, 2022

More than 5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.The study by an international team used updated excess mortality and fer

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Over 19 lakh Indian kids lost parents or caregivers to Covid-19, finds new study

19 lakh children in India have lost a parent or caregiver to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0