More than 2.2 million boosters administered; 75% Capital & Coast and Nelson-Marlborough residents boosted; 3,297 community cases; 179 in hospital; 1 in ICU

multi-day severe weather outbreak with tornadoes, destructive winds, large hail and flash flooding is underway across parts of the South, and the dangerous storms will continue to slowly march eastward through midweek.NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued the following severe weather watches:HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVNOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued Tornado Watches in the South.(FOX Weather) The SPC received 20 initial reports of tornadoes on Monday and Monday night, most of which were in Texas, but the number of confirmed tornadoes won't be known until National Weather Service meteorologists are able to assess the damage in the days ahead.As of early Tuesday, FOX Weather can confirm at least seven people have been injured during this severe weather outbreak. Three were seriously injured between Cooper and Crockett, Texas, after an apparent tornado ripped through the area, and another four suffered minor injuries near Ore City, Texas, from a possible tornado.AT LEAST 7 INJURED IN TEXAS DURING MONDAY'S SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKHere's what to expect through Wednesday.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Power cuts will be imposed for Wednesday (23), announced by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka on Tuesday (22).Power Cuts for Wednesday (23)Groups PQRSTUVW:1 hour from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM1 hour 40 minutes from 4:30 PM to 9:30 PMGroups ABCDEFGHIJKL:3 hours and 20 minutes from 8 AM to 6 PM 1 hour and 40 minutes from 6 PM to 11 PMFor local areas that will be affected click here.

Brian Whitted, 56, plead guilty in connection to the fatal overdose of a 59-year-old in 2018.

Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has given a health update on Twitter after being taken to hospital with a mystery illness. The actress, who plays Bernice Blackstock on the ITV soap, updated fans about her health scare that saw her spend some time in hospital. She did not reveal any details about her illness, but thanked the NHS and "caring staff" for looking after her.

COVID-19 and 30 more were hospitalized in New Brunswick in the week between March 13 and March 19.It’s the first weekly update since the province lifted remaining restrictions last week.According to the provincial dashboard, the deaths involve two people in their 40s, three in their 60s, five in their 70s, five in their 80s and one aged 90 and over. Deaths were reported in every health zone except Zone 4, the Edmundston region.

COVID can target human pancreas. Following a Covid-19 infection, reduced numbers of insulin secretory granules in beta cells and impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion have been observed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to speak with the media later this morning.

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Several European countries, including Ireland, lifted their Covid curbs too "brutally" and are now seeing a rise in cases likely due to the more transmissible BA2 variant, the World Health Organization has said.

KYIV, Ukraine - The battle for Ukraine's cities is thundering across its suburbs, with the Ukrainian military retaking a key neighborhood near Kyiv and the invading Russian forces increasing air raids that have caused uncounted deaths and sent more than 3.5 million people fleeing.Ukraine's military said early Tuesday it had forced Russian troops out of a strategically important Kyiv suburb. However, Russian forces were partially able to take three northwest suburbs where there's been fighting for weeks.Civilians making the dangerous escape from the embattled southern port city of Mariupol described fleeing through street-to-street gun battles and past unburied corpses as steady Russian bombardment tried to pound the city into submission.

WASHINGTON - Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court nominee who would be become the first Black woman on the high court, will face questions from senators on Tuesday as part of her confirmation hearings. Jackson, a federal appeals court judge, was sworn in on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee and listened to more than four hours of lawmakers’ opening statements.

WUZHOU, China - Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards.

This Morning's Dr Sara Kayat is known for giving stellar medical advice on the ITV daytime show, but she's also built up a lovely community of over 40 thousand followers over on her Instagram where she shares her life as a mum. Despite maintaining that social media can be a "supportive environment," Sara revealed to OK! that she keeps her distance from Twitter in order to protect her mental health.

Ontario easing COVID-19 rules around the safety measure.Niagara’s acting medical officer of health believes the province’s decision to lift the mandate is “a little bit too early” but suggests it may be offset by a significant number of individuals choosing to keep their masks on anyways. COVID-19: Gradual increase in cases likely for Hamilton, according to public health early spring forecast “I’m hoping that we can build that number by convincing people of the importance of doing this and showing people that … it’s still a good thing to do and hopefully encourage others,” Dr.

Covid-19 variant amid fears there could be more than one type of deltacron hybrid. Deltacron was first identified in France last month, but within weeks scientists had identified more than 60 genetic sequences of the variant. Although the Omicron variant didn’t prove to be as devastating as some had originally feared, an expert has warned that we might not be so “lucky” next time, reports Wales Online.

PHILADELPHIA - Minutes after an alleged robbery turned deadly in Olney, officers were called to another fatal shooting in the area. According to police, 35th District officers responded around 1:30 a.m. Officers were handling the robbery case at the intersection of N 5th Street and W Olney Avenue when they heard gunshots coming from the intersection of N 5th Street and W Champlost Avenue, police say. According to authorities, additional units responded to the 6000 block of N 5th Street and found a shooting victim inside of a parked car. Police say a man was slumped in the driver's seat of an Infiniti with multiple bullet holes in the driver's side window. The driver, a 49-year-old man, was unresponsive and police say he was shot once in the face and several times in the torso. Authorities say medics transported him to Einstein Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:10 a.m. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small says the man was shot while sitting in the driver's seat because the car was hit by gunfire more than 10 times. Police are investigating a shooting in Olney that left one man dead.  A total of 28 spent shell casings were found just outside of the vehicle, Small says. Investigators say the bullets were fired from two separate caliber semi-automatic guns. Small says when the victim was taken to the hospital, a gun was found on his waistband. "It appears that although he had a gun, it appears that he never had a chance to use that weapon because it was still in his waistband when he arrived at the hospital," Small says. According to police, several cameras were active in the area during the time of the shooting. The investigation remains ongoing and active. ___MORE LOCAL HEADLINES___DOWNLOAD: FOX 29 NEWS

PHILADELPHIA - A suspected robber was shot and killed early Tuesday morning after a man took his gun and shot him with it, police say. According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, around 1 a.m., 35th district officers responded to reports of two shooting victims in the smoke shop on the 5300 block of 5th Street. As officers were responding to that call, they received another call for a shooting victim inside of a car on W Olney Avenue, police say. Authorities say when officers responded to the smoke shop, no victims were inside, but it was clear there was a shooting scene due to spent shell casings and blood. Officers found an unresponsive shooting victim in the passenger seat of a Toyota with gunshot wounds to the groin and thigh and he was pronounced dead around 1:15 a.m., Small says. Police say the Toyota the man was in was stolen last week from the 24th District. Investigators say they learned there was a robbery in the smoke shop, with the deceased shooting victim matching the description of the robber. "We believe while that robbery was taking place someone fired shots striking the perpetrator who was the male inside the Toyota who was pronounced dead," Small says. "That's our preliminary information." Philadelphia police are investigating after a shooting at a smoke shop in Olney.  Police also say another shooting victim, a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound in the shoulder, showed up at the hospital. According to authorities, he was also shot inside the smoke shop on 5th Street. "At this point, we believe there was a robbery inside the smoke shop.

An expert has warned that there may be a number of ' Deltacrons ' in circulation across the globe.

Holly Willoughby is set to return to ITV's This Morning tomorrow, 23 March, after testing negative for Covid-19. Phillip Schofield, 59, and Alison Hammond, 47, confirmed the news of the 41 year old's return on the programme as he said: "Alison is obviously keeping me company today and we're pleased to say that she's [Holly] negative and she's back tomorrow." Breaking out into a dance, Alison then started singing: "Celebrate good times, come on!" as Phillip giggled and added: "See you tomorrow!" The pair then began giggling uncontrollably as Phil told Alison: "You were expecting a lot for them to catch up with that," as Alison replied: "I was expecting confetti!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Holly tested positive for Covid-19 on 13 March as she was forced to pull out of presenting Dancing On Ice with Phil.

Billie Faiers has been delighting her fans with her clothing range Minnie’s Boutique since 2011 when she was one of the biggest stars on The Only Way is Essex. At first the fast fashion range – which Billie had said she wanted to be ‘the next ASOS’ – had a shop in Brentwood, and their reality show Sam and Billie Faiers: The Mummy Diaries followed the sisters as they ran rival businesses. Sam quit The Mummy Diaries last year.

World Health Organisation (WHO) last week pointed out that Omicron is transmitting at a very intense level around the world. “We have sub-lineages of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. BA.2 is more transmissible, and this is the most transmissible variant we have seen of the SARS-COV2 virus to date", the WHO official pointed out.

Gordon Ramsay has admitted that happy that the coronavirus pandemic closed down bad restaurants taking advantage of “prime locations”.

AUSTIN, Texas - A vicious tornado was caught on camera wreaking havoc in a Walmart parking lot in Austin, Texas Monday evening.Onlookers can be seen screaming for nearby pedestrians to take cover as the tornado ripped what appears to be mere feet from the Walmart entrance. "Get inside! Get inside!" one man can be heard yelling as people run for shelter while debris flies through the air.RELATED: Houston severe weather: Tornado Warnings popping up in some areas"I JUST GOT DRAGGED," wrote one person on Twitter who was reportedly at the scene of the incident. The person posted photos of their legs all scratched and bruised up from the severe weather.Several tornados were confirmed on the ground throughout Central Texas Monday evening.

P1Harmony have postponed the remaining dates of their ongoing US tour after their staff and several members tested positive for COVID-19.Today (March 22), concert organiser SubKulture Entertainment took to Twitter to announce the news. It revealed that five of the boyband’s members, excluding Intak, along with their staff had recently contracted the coronavirus.As a result, the remaining dates of ‘2022 P1Harmony Live Tour [P1ustage H : PEACE]’, which includes dates in Chicago, Denver, San Jose and Los Angeles, have been postponed and will be rescheduled.“We ask for your kind patience as we navigate these abrupt changes and find ways to adjust in light of these developments,” wrote SubKulture, which also apologised to fans who had taken time off or travelled in order to attend the concerts.Postponement announcement for remaining cities of #P1HARMONYinUSA pic.twitter.com/SDiLkFx8bM— SubKulture Entertainment (@SubKultureEnt) March 22, 2022SubKulture also emphasised that it had done its utmost to enforce strict COVID-19 protocols throughout the tour, including providing hand sanitisers and masks for concert-goers, but were “unable to force certain venue staff members to stay masked” due to local state-wide mask mandates being lifted.“Despite our efforts, we’ve once again realised how unpredictable and ever-changed COVID-19 is, and we strong urge everyone to remain vigilant and stay safe,” it added.P1Harmony’s ‘2022 P1Harmony Live Tour [P1ustage H : PEACE]’ kicked off with its first show in Seoul, Korea back in February.

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The General Secretary of the INMO has called for the reintroduction of mandatory mask wearing in certain places.

deltacron. It is – as you can probably guess – a hybrid of delta and omicron, the two variants dominant most recently.

A support service for parents and families affected by autism will relaunch in Strathaven this week.

Aaron Connolly enjoyed one of his most enjoyable spells in football the last time he played for East Kilbride Thistle – and he’s hoping his third Showpark stint will be another to savour.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Army personnel have been deployed to monitor the distribution of fuel at filling stations operated by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).This was confirmed to News 1st by the Military Spokesperson on Tuesday (22).

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday (22) ordered the Commissioner General of Lands to NOT abide by the circular that was issued giving control of Other State Forests to Divisional Secretaries.The Commissioner-General of Lands, Director General of Forest Conservation among five others were issued notice to appear in court on the 1st of September to make submissions with respect to the writ application that was filed challenging the said circular.Accordingly, the order on the Commissioner General of Lands will be in effect until the 1st of September.The application challenging the circular was taken up in the presence of Justices Sobitha Rajakaruna and Dhammika Ganepola.The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) and its Executive Director filed a new writ application in the CA against a government decision to move the `Other State Forest’ from the preview of the Forest Department and hand over them to District and Division Secretariats.

South Lanarkshire Council is searching for an artist to create a community COVID memorial for the area.

China locked down an industrial city of nine million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases, as the nation's "zero-Covid" strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave.

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As the CP Rail work stoppage enters its second day, Ottawa is facing more pressure to get conductors, engineers, and train and yard workers back on the job. David Akin explains whether the federal government plans to impose back-to-work legislation, and how this dispute could affect food prices.

A 51-year-old man who assaulted a 92-year-old Asian man at a Vancouver convenience store has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assault. Rumina Daya has the details, including why the attack wasn’t prosecuted as a hate crime.

The family of a Victoria B.C., man is speaking out about overcrowding at Royal Jubilee Hospital after he was put in a sunroom while being treated for a serious injury.

The man seen on video shoving an older Asian man at a Vancouver convenience store two years ago has been sentenced to a conditional discharge, one year of probation and 20 hours of community service.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Venerable Elle Gunawansa Thero has requested the President to disclose to the public and the parliament the details of three agreements that are to be signed between Sri Lanka and India, with regard to the security of the Indian Ocean region.In a letter to the President, the Venerable Thero noted that the Hindustan Times had reported that both countries are close to finalizing three defense-related agreements and arrangements that are expected to boost cooperation for maritime security.The Venerable Thero also noted that the agreement signed when securing a US $ 1 Billion Loan from India, is also yet to be made public.He also pointed out that an ad-hoc Free Trade Agreement had been signed between Sri Lanka and China.Venerable Elle Gunawansa Thero in his letter firmly states that he will stand against any conspiracy or attempt that will pave the way for the national resources in the North, East, or other parts of the country, to be looted or surrendered for money.

As we ditch more of our old gadgets for new ones, toxic electronic waste is becoming a major problem. But the U.K.’s Royal Mint will start using Canadian technology to recover a precious metal from that trash and turn it into gold coins, bars, and other products.

The sharp increase in new cases today is another reminder that, as expected, the highly transmissible Omicron variant is now spreading in our communities as we have seen in other countries.