While Covid-19 did not cause much harm to children, yet those affected are likely to suffer from Long Covid which is affecting their daily life with dizziness, fatigue, and brain fog, according to a study.
KP.3.1.1, of the Omicron family, is among many currently co-circulating JN.1-derived variants in the US, Xinhua news agency reported.
The former MP chief minister gave the information through his social media account saying his COVID-19 test report was positive. He said doctors have advised him rest for five days and so he would not be able to meet anyone during this period.
India has witnessed 908 new Covid-19 cases, and two deaths between June and July this year, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report on Wednesday.
As US President Joe Biden self-isolates himself at his home in Delaware with a Covid-19 infection, he will remain under unrelenting pressure to step aside and let the Democratic party find a different nominee for the 2024 Presidential elections.
Prof Santosh Kumar, respiratory medicine department KGMU, said, "In every viral infection, platelet count drops. Therefore, one should not ignore fatigue and exhaustion and get themselves tested for Covid-19."
India recorded 3,52,991 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, setting yet another grim one-day record, taking the overall caseload to 1,73,13,163, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
Qureshi said the Covid-19 crisis is yet another reminder that humanitarian issues require responses beyond political consideration.
One doctor and three others have been arrested in Surat for black-marketing of Remdisivir injections to needy patients.
The Centre said that prompt and targeted action needs to be focused on specific districts/cities/areas in order to flatten the current curve of the epidemic which may be identified by States as per the parameter -- where test positivity is of 10 per cent or more in the last one week or bed occupancy is of more than 60 per cent on either oxygen supported or ICU beds.
