Omicron BA.2.75 becomes dominant Covid strain in India; Know symptoms, severity

Also Read: What is the Chinese loan app case? Key points about ED raids Lockdowns would be implemented for four days through the end of September 8 in almost all towns in six of Guiyang's 10 districts, according to a local government notification. Authorities declared that all taxi services would be prohibited and that those living in the impacted neighbourhoods would only be allowed to leave their homes for Covid tests.

India on Tuesday recorded a decline in daily Covid-19 cases for the third consecutive day with the country logging 4,417 new infection in 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data. Yesterday, the country reported 5,910 cases.  The actives cases in the country has further declined to 52,336. A total number of recoveries in the country stands at 43,886,496.

Covid cases around the world could be due to low testing rates. According to the WHO's data, there were 4.5 million new Covid cases reported last week, a 16% drop from the previous week. Deaths were also down by 13%, with about 13,500 fatalities.

PHILADELPHIA - With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, many local students will head back to classrooms on Tuesday for what they hope will be a more normal school year in the post-pandemic world. Students in Delaware County public schools will mark the first day of the new academic year on a dreary and rainy Tuesday, which will match the mood of some students who are sad to see summer end.Still, this school year should be different for students who have spent the last two years managing COVID-19 precautions like indoor mask mandates and remote learning. "I was going to be a freshman so going in with masks it was just a totally different experience," said Natalie Mancini, and incoming Sophomore. "I’m excited this year because there are no masks."MORE LOCAL HEADLINESIf battling down COVID to a manageable level over the last two years wasn't hard enough, parents worried that rolling supply chain issue could leave students without back to school essentials. Luckily for local parents who spoke to FOX 29, the stores were stocked with everything needed for a fresh school year.

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Covid, even though mild, may affect people for a longer duration up to a year and create increased incidents of heart attacks and strokes." "We know that Covid itself in the acute phases causes incidences of strokes and clots in the lungs. But we are concerned about long-term effects also as patients with mild symptoms can face heart attacks," he added.

Today we are reporting 2,035 community cases, 273 current hospitalisations.

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Among the many small businesses hammered during the COVID-19 pandemic, beach shops that thrive on a short window of opportunity to turn a profit are finally bouncing back. As thousands flocked to the shore for summer's unofficial last hurrah this Labor Day Weekend, shop owners reported crowds and profits that rivaled pre-pandemic levels. Wendy Barth of Separately Swimwear in Ocean City, New Jersey told FOX 29 that the bare spots on her shop walls are visible examples of a profitable summer. "It’s great to see everybody back out shopping and being here and feeling comfortable and yeah enjoying life again," one shopper told FOX 29's Ellen Kolodziej. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESAt the nearby Shirt Shack, workers believe summer 2022 was one of their "best summers ever." "It was a little slow in the beginning because of the weather, but then it picked up great, and we had a great June, great July, it was really awesome," Iuliia Lobunets said. It's not only the financial benefit of larger crowds at the shore that had small business owners and workers excited this summer, but the return to normal everyone was waiting for."It was fantastic to see all the towns come back together, come back to life, so it’s great to see Ocean City such alive again," Courtney Wolf said.Jeffrey and Jacque Trucksess, who own a small business in Pennsylvania, know first hand what the shore town shops have been through and they're happy to see them weather the storm."I think the people are willing to go out and spend, we’re in a recession, we can’t really do anything about it, and we can either just be afraid or we can just enjoy," Jacque Trucksess said. 

SHENZHEN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 03 2022: A deliveryman rides in an empty street in Huaqiangbei Electronics Market in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province Saturday, Sept. 03, 2022.

Saskatchewan is reeling after one of the worst mass killings in recent Canadian history unfolded in two villages northeast of Saskatoon on Sunday.At least 10 people are dead and 15 are injured following a slew of stabbings in 13 locations on James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon. A Prairie-wide manhunt for two men wanted in connection to the killings continues.Here’s a timeline of what’s happened so far in chronological order (all times local):Saskatchewan RCMP receives multiple calls from James Smith Cree Nation about stabbings at different locations.

AllAfrica, "If you've had Covid-19 and your symptoms have not gotten better after about three months, then that is the trigger to seek care. Symptoms to watch for are shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction or 'brain fog', which is how it's commonly described, and symptoms around fatigue." While those are the three major clusters of infections to watch for, Diaz noted that others like chest pain, and loss of taste and smell have also been reported.

FILE-A police offficer inspects a car on an empty road in China. (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images) BEIJING - At least 21 people were reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown.The temblor struck a mountainous area in Luding county shortly after noon, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.Sichuan, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where tectonic plates meet, is regularly hit by earthquakes.

Scientists have developed an app that can detect Covid in your voice in under one minute.

COVID-19 infection in people who show no symptoms, they said. "These promising results suggest that simple voice recordings and fine-tuned AI algorithms can potentially achieve high precision in determining which patients have COVID-19 infection," said Wafaa Aljbawi, a researcher at the Maastricht University, The Netherlands. "Such tests can be provided at no cost and are simple to interpret.

The NHS will begin the next phase of its Covid vaccine programme from today (September 5) which it claims is the 'largest and fastest vaccine drive in health service history".

The Centre has directed states union territories to continue monitoring incoming international travellers as part of the revised surveillance strategy. States have also been asked to monitor lnfluenza-like illness (lLl) & SARI cases, undertake constant genome sequencing, and step-up vaccination. NEW DELHI: India reported a dip in daily covid cases, with 5,910 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, according to an update by the health ministry on Monday.

CanSino’s Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster dose, China has become the first country to approve a needle-free, inhaled version of a Covid-19 vaccine, said an official statement quoted by news agency Bloomberg. The inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc, has pushed the company's shares up by 14.5% on Monday morning in Hong Kong, the organization said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange yesterday. The vaccine, which had undergone human testing in March 2020, is a new version of CanSino's one-shot Covid drug.

As India continues to saw downfall in active caseload, the country's active cases drop below 55,000 mark, that is, 53,974. Yesterday, the country had 55,114 active cases, the health ministry said. For the second consecutive day, India on Monday recorded a decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country logging 5,910 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry data.  As India continues to saw downfall in active caseload, the country's active cases drop below 55,000 mark, that is, 53,974.

Today we are reporting 1,296 community cases, 257 current hospitalisations.

The Weeknd performs at the "After Hours Til Dawn" Tour at Met Life Stadium on July 16, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation) LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Weeknd suddenly ended his sold-out concert in Southern California after losing his voice during a mid-song performance.The four-time Grammy winner was performing his third song "Can’t Feel My Face" before he abruptly stopped his show Saturday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Canada defended its title with a 2-1 win over the United States in the women’s world hockey championship final Sunday.Brianne Jenner scored twice in the second period and goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens made 20 saves in Canada’s net.Abby Roque scored for the Americans with Nicole Hensley stopping 17 shots in the loss. Hilary Knight passes Hayley Wickenheiser for women’s world hockey championship record The Canadians won gold in a third major international event in the span of a year.They edged the U.S.

People enjoy on the beach of the Pacific Ocean in Half Moon Bay, California, United States on September 1, 2022 as the heat wave is expected in California this weekend. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Beach goers in Southern California are being targeted by swarms of tiny, aggressive sea bugs who have an appetite for human feet. The bugs, who have earned the nickname "mini shark," have been identified as water-line isopods (Excirolana chiltoni), a crustacean species that grows to be around 0.3 inches (0.8 centimeters) long and can form swarms of more than 1,000 individuals, according to Walla Walla University in Washington. TROPICAL STORM DANIELLE FORMS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, NOT CURRENTLY A THREAT TO LANDThe "mini-sharks" live in the shallow waters of the Pacific Ocean and seasonally migrate up and down the coast leaving in their wake beach goers hopping in pain.The bugs quickly find barefoot waders, and will bite into their flesh, drawing blood.

NEW DELHI : Indian government and health authorities say India will not witness a fresh wave of covid, unlike China, which they claim has not developed herd immunity. This comes even as the government admits that 88% of adults in the 18-59 age group are yet to receive their booster jabs.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published the House Price Index (HPI) data last week. Home prices during the June quarter rose by 3.45% from a year earlier, according to the index. HPI tracks housing prices across 10 cities in India and, like all averages, it hides more than it reveals.

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China have been filmed fighting over food after the world’s strictest lockdown has been announced, leaving them desperate to stockpile.With a population of 21million people, Chengdu has been plunged into strict new laws after just 157 infections as China tries to eliminate Covid entirely with its “Zero Covid” policy. Images posted on the site Whats On Weibo have shown people with cars full of goods, damaged shops and people climbing all over stalls.

ANI, that there was an increase in brain and heart-related issues during the second wave, however, in the present scenario, more data is required. Dr Shetty said informed that the “covid patients especially during the second wave, there was definitely a slight increase in the incidence of Covid patients developing clot forms, and clots in the brain or in the heart.

your sex life, especially if you’ve eaten a big meal or are experiencing indigestion - but doctors have warned that more chronic problems may also be to blame.If you’re not digesting or absorbing food properly, or if your gut is inflamed for various reasons, these can cause symptoms which will make you put sex at the back of the line.Fatigue, bloating, diarrhoea, constipation and pain are just some of the symptoms associated with poor gut health.But according to Dr Babak Ashrafi, clinical lead for Service Expansion at ZAVA, there’s a more direct and immediate association between gut health and sex drive, and that’s to do with anatomy.He told the Daily Star: “The lower part of the gut is close to our genital organs, and so any intimacy or penetration can cause pain or pressure sensations on the gut.“Similarly, the weight of another body on top of us will increase the pressure in our abdominal cavity and force acid up the food pipe, making heartburn and indigestion much worse.”Conditions like IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), reflux disease and inflammatory bowel disease can all be exacerbated by sex, depending on what kind of sex you’re having, explained Dr Ashrafi.Want the Daily Star's sexiest stories news straight to your inbox? Sign up to our daily Hot Topics newsletter HEREEveryday Health reported in 2018 that worries about sex can trigger IBS symptoms, and that men with IBS report having erectile dysfunction more often than men without it.Sexual health has also been connected to the gut because of the neurotransmitter serotonin - around 80 to 90 percent of serotonin is produced in the gut, claims Dr Edward Catalano.According to Healthline, low levels of serotonin are associated with increased libido, while increased

Canada – specifically western regions – can expect to see extreme temperatures as a result of a heat dome in the United States.“This unusually warm spell that we’re seeing in western Canada is from the southwestern part of the United States,” David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, told Global News.“What we’re seeing is a heat dome that has captured a good part of the geography of North America,” he said.A heat dome is a high pressure area that sets itself up over parts of the atmosphere and allows temperatures to build up over a period of time.“It’s like a bully. You can’t kick it out.

In India, the active caseload is also witnessing a downward journey from the past few days. Currently, India has 55,114 active cases, while the country had more than 56,000 active infections yesterday. India on Sunday saw a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases with the country recording 6,809 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

Photo of several at home Covid-19 test kits taken on December 27, 2021. (Photo by William Perlman/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Earlier this month, the federal government’s COVID-19 website stopped offering shipments of free, at-home COVID tests for Americans. Shipments were suspended beginning Sept.

Covid-related deaths and 299 cases with a positivity rate of 2.17%. With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally increased to 20,00,423. The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 26,477 in the national capital.

ALSO READ: Covid-19: Immense efforts are on for next-generation vaccines, says top health expert "There might be a completely new variant emerging that we are not able to predict today," Marco Cavaleri added. Earlier on 1 September, the EMA approved vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that are adapted to tackle the older BA.1 subvariant of Omicron.

A second “bivalent” coronavirus vaccine has been approved by the UK’s health watchdog ahead of a series of booster jabs this autumn.

gardening. "It did save me a fortune on therapists I am sure," Wilde said. READ MORE: Bill Turnbull: 'I'm not going to let it win' Classic FM star on 'bumpy' cancer journeyWhen the tension between her former self and now famous self started to "grate" on each other, the garden created a sense of harmony, she revealed.

OVERBROOK - Transitioning from the field to the sidelines, Coach Bill Sytsma says football is still his passion, one that’s brought a lot of purpose as he transitioned from player to coach.In recent years, there has been unexpected pain, as well. "It’s a little over two years and it’s still difficult to think about," Sytsma said. Before COVID-19, as head coach of the Frankford High School football team, Coach Sytsma lost two players. When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, schools closed for in-person learning and after-school activities, including athletics, canceled. No outlet.

Covid-19 working group NTAGI said, “this whole concept of next-generation vaccine is that we don't have to give repeated doses. The second is if we give the vaccine it covers the prevailing viruses and also future viruses better and the protection remains for a long time," news agency ANI report said.

As of now, Delhi has 1,457 active cases, Maharashtra has 9,197 cases, Haryana 1,185 cases, Assam has 2,838 cases, Kerala has 9,645 covid cases , Tamil Nadu has 5,127 active cases and Karnataka 5,051 NEW DELHI: India recorded 7,219 fresh covid infections and 33 related deaths in the last 24 hours, the union health ministry said in an update on Saturday. Active cases now stand at 56,745, with total reported cases since the pandemic hit in early 2020 at more than 4.44 crore.

FAIRMOUNT - Organizers are putting the final touches on Made in America before it kicks off Saturday and safety is a big concern for all involved.It’s mic check time along the Parkway on the eve of the Made in America concert and festival.Stages and tents are in place for the star-studded show. And, so are police officers."You want it to be perfect.

Mall on Eastridge Loop in San Jose. SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal grand jury has indicted a San Jose restaurant owner with bilking $3.5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds and spending it to refinance his home, buy a Lexus and use at a casino, charging documents indicate.David Tai Leung, who owns half of Tomi Sushi and Seafood Buffet in a mall at 2200 Eastridge Loop, was charged Wednesday in U.S.

Men with low testosterone levels and COVID-19 were more than twice as likely as men with normal concentrations to be hospitalized, but those treated with hormone replacement therapy weren't at elevated risk, suggests an observational study today in JAMA Network Open.

Drake had people talking online this week after calling 2020 the “hardest year maybe in human history.”

Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine have found that men with Covid-19 who had low testosterone levels are likelier than those with normal levels to experience acute illness and require hospitalisation Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine have found that men who have testosterone levels and have been infected with Covid-19 are more likely to require hospitalisations than those with normal levels. As many as 723 individuals who tested positive for Covid-19, largely in 2020 before vaccinations were available, were studied in the study.

China has approved Livzon Pharma's vaccine against Covid-19, among the first new products in more than a year China granted emergency use authorisation to Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc's COVID-19 vaccine as a booster, the firm said on Friday, marking one of the two new products against the disease the country cleared in more than a year. Livzon's vaccine, if rolled out to the public, would widen booster options for China's 1.4 billion population, of which 90% have been vaccinated and nearly 60% received a booster dose.

Covid, your mind probably travels straight to signs like cough or sore throat. However, there are also symptoms that won't make you want to crawl into bed with a cup of tea. This might make it difficult to pin them down; however, knowing what to look for could help.