With over 650 million people globally having been infected with SARS-CoV-2, long Covid represents a significant public health concern that affects quality of life, earnings, and health care costs.
Ghebreyesus also reminded the world that in the face of overlapping crises, "pandemics are far from the only threat we face".
Long COVID is described as experiencing persistent symptoms of the disease more than four weeks after initial infection.
After three long gruelling years of Covid-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared that the pandemic is no longer a public health emergency.
According to sources, a total of 7671 samples were tested in the last 24 hours of which 542 came positive.
Directorate of Public Health, Odisha had issued an order, directing all the health authorities and medical college, and hospitals in the State to use masks to avoid the spread of the virus.
Wearing masks have also been made compulsory for people while visiting areas having possibility of high transmission and the persons with influenza like illness.
With the detection of 502 new cases of Covid infections, the active caseload in Odisha now stands at 2,926.
The study, led by Vipin M. Vashishtha, member of WHO's Vaccine Safety Net, is based on 25 children seen in OPD of a paediatric hospital in Uttar Pradesh between April 4-16.
As per medical experts, Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 could be driving the surge in Covid cases.
The daily positivity rate is 8.40 per cent and the weekly positivity Rate is 4.94 per cent.
A day back she had shared a bold picture of herself in which she can be seen covering her body with an animated fake X-Ray with a broken heart emoji. Sharing the picture, she wrote, “X Ray”.
As per the information shared by the Odisha government, Cuttack district reported 25 new cases of Covid-19 infections, followed by 24 in Nabarangpur and 11 new cases from Khordha district.
As per State Health Department sources, 6,279 samples were tested in the last 24 hours of which 258 came out positive.
BJP's Bhawanipatna MLA, Pradipta Kumar Naik expressed his desire to contest in the 2024 general election.
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