Mumbai: What is causing the recent COVID surge? Taskforce official answers as city sees sharp rise in cases

JACKSON, Miss. - A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and relatives of the victim who initiated the hunt want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later.A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham — identified as "Mrs. Roy Bryant" on the document — was discovered last week inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Documents are kept inside boxes by decade, he said, but there was nothing else to indicate where the warrant, dated Aug.

summer ahead. 245 feet high, in fact.“My summer plans are to go to Canada’s Wonderland in Toronto,” he says excitedly.“My plan is to go on the very, very highest ride because I want to face my fear of heights.”The Yukon Striker coaster and its 90-degree drop await him in Ontario and, unlike the past two years, his dreams aren’t limited by COVID-19 restrictions in either province.“It’s probably gonna be a good summer,” says Martin.Many New Brunswickers are plotting their warm weather moves, with this being the first start of summer since COVID-19 arrived on the scene that there are no provincial restrictions.Some tell Global News they’re just happy to have the option to socialize without counting their contacts — like Tracy O’Neill, who’s looking forward to spending some time at her trailer in Penobsquis.“In the past we couldn’t have anybody up at the trailer,” she says, “but this year it’s all open so we can actually have company over.”The province’s top doctor tells Global News Tuesday that Public Health is monitoring the two newest Omicron subvariants of COVID-19, but that officials aren’t expecting another wave of infection to hit until autumn.“We do expect people to be outdoors more,” said Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, on Wednesday announced that its mRNA vaccine Gemcovac-19 against covid-19 has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Gemcovac-19 is the first mRNA vaccine developed in India, and only the world’s third mRNA vaccine to be approved for covid-19.

COVID-19 cases jumped 18% last week and are at their highest levels since April, and the increase comes as the more transmissible Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants cause most infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest update.

NEW YORK - On Wednesday, fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his fame to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling singer and songwriter was convicted last year of racketeering and sex trafficking at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had previously wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women.Part of the legal case involved his marriage to the late R&B singer Aaliyah, who has since died in a plane crash. RELATED: R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex abuse caseDuring the trial, evidence was presented about a fraudulent marriage scheme hatched to protect Kelly after he feared he had impregnated Aaliyah in 1994 when she was just 15. Witnesses said they were married in matching jogging suits using a license falsely listing her age as 18; he was 27 at the time.Born January 1979, Aaliyah Haughton, with her silky smooth voice, signed a record deal with her uncle in Detroit when she was just 12. Billboard Magazine said Aaliyah "revolutionized R&B with her honey-coated voice and sultry mix of pop, soul and hip-hop."RELATED: Porsha Williams says she was a victim of R. Kelly 'I felt danger'Aaliyah’s "Try Again" beat out Britney Spears’ "Oops!...

A banner displaying Wedding Row in Las Vegas. (Credit: City of Las Vegas) LAS VEGAS - There’s Billionaires’ Row in New York City, Millionaire’s Row in Miami and now there’s Wedding Row in Las Vegas. Sin City is making it easier for couples looking to quickly tie the knot by debuting its latest district downtown that’s already home to 40 different wedding chapels and venues. And in case you can’t find it, the city has placed 12 colorful banners around the area so there’s no confusion about where couples can get hitched. RELATED: Say ‘I do’ in Italy: Lazio Region will pay you 2,000 euros to get married thereAccording to the Marriage License Bureau, about 80% of marriage licenses issued in southern Nevada belong to tourists. Molly Lemke Healy and Matt Gnoza tied the knot in Vermont in March.City leaders said Wedding Row is a result of a new project to highlight districts in Las Vegas with colorful banners and signage.

Travis Barker has all the support of his friends and family amid the recent news of his hospitalization. Now that it has been reported by TMZ that the musician is suffering from pancreatitis, and doctors believe that it was triggered by a recent colonoscopy.It was also revealed that the hospitalization on Tuesday was the result of an inflammation of the pancreas, which may cause intense stomach pain, and even nausea.Kourtney Kardashian and Travis were photographed entering the hospital, with the singer being wheeled around in a stretcher and Kourtney walking behind him, as the medical staff helped him.The singer was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, with his 16-year-old daughter Alabama Barker staying by his side, and posting an update on social media, sharing a photo of her dad while resting in a hospital bed with the caption “Please say a prayer.”Alabama also posted to Instagram Stories a message, showing concern for her dad, writing “please send your prayers.” Travis’ son, Landon Barker, was not able to join his dad at the hospital as he was in New York City preparing to join Machine Gun Kelly at Madison Square Garden.The singer was in a lot of pain, as he wrote on his Twitter account “God save me,” earlier on Tuesday, making fans concerned about his health.

PHILADELPHIA - A woman is in custody after she was caught on surveillance video casually shooting a man standing on a Kensington street earlier this month.Latanya Nettles, 42, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, PIC, simple assault and REAP in connection to the June 6 shooting.Video released by police shows the woman smoking a cigarette before turning around and shooting a man one time at close range. She then continues smoking, puts her gun in her purse, and casually walks away. SEPTA officers were in the area when they reportedly heard a gunshot and found the man on the 1800 block of East Wishart Street. He suffered one gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Maternal deaths in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic increased 33%—and even higher in Black and Hispanic women—according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) published yesterday in a study in JAMA Network Open.

Bear spotted in Ocean County.

High gas prices at a station on the corner of Valley View Street and Chapman Avenue in Garden Grove, CA, on Monday, March 7, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S.

FAIRFAX, Va. - Authorities have made an arrest in the murder of a nonprofit CEO who was found dead in his Fairfax home.Officers say 33-year-old Joshua Daniel Danehower from Arlington, Virginia was arrested in connection with the murder of Gret Glyer.Police say they found 32-year-old Glyer dead from gunshot wounds around 3 a.m. Friday after they responded to his home in the 9800 block of Bolton Village Court.At a press conference Wednesday, police said Glyer was asleep in bed when he was shot multiple times by Danehower.

ALSO READ: Monkeypox spreading in vulnerable groups, including children, warns WHO He added, "Pandemic is changing but it’s not over. We have made progress but it’s not over." According to him, the ability to track the virus is 'under threat' as reporting and genomic sequences are declining, making it harder to track Omicron and analyse future emerging variants.

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. - A man was killed in a morning shooting on Rt. 1 in Springfield after a road rage incident, according to Springfield police. Authorities say officers responded to reports of a vehicle crash and a shooting on S.

PHILADELPHIA - Surveillance footage released by police captures the moment several shots were fired at a man outside a house in North Philadelphia.Police say a 17-20-year-old man in a dark-colored Nissan sedan drove up to the victim on the 2400 block of North Reese Street just after midnight on June 23.A second armed man then approached the victim on foot and tried to force him into the vehicle, according to police.After a brief struggle, both suspects reportedly fired several shots at the victim, who appeared to be trying to get inside the house.Gunfire can be heard in the video as smoke fills the air and both suspects flee in their car.The victim suffered a single shot to the elbow, and was treated at a local hospital.Anyone with information is asked to call or text Philadelphia Police at 215-686-8477.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. - A toddler accidentally left in a vehicle for hours died Tuesday and police said his father was found dead in an apparent suicide at their Virginia home.Chesterfield County Police received a call around 11:45 a.m. indicating that an 18-month-old boy may have been left in a vehicle for several hours, police said in a news release.Lt.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Victims have been found with no identification documents at all and in one case a stolen ID. Remote villages lack phone service to reach family members and determine the whereabouts of missing migrants.

Travis Barker has reportedly been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue.The 46-year-old Blink-182 drummer and husband of Kourtney Kardashian was photographed being rushed to Cedar-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday evening after he first checked into West Hills Hospital and Medical Center that morning. (Celebrity news site TMZ was the first to report the news.) ‘ER’ actor Mary Mara, 61, dies in apparent drowning in St.

NEW YORK - R& B star R. Kelly faces the possibility of 25 years or more in prison as he attends his sentencing Wednesday afternoon in a federal sex trafficking case in New York.U.S.

Twitter to share her daily shenanigans with her fans, with the former This Morning presenter sharing an update on her recent health woes.The TV personality revealed she had been "lapping up" sympathy after testing positive for Covid, as she now has "full body-aches".Fern took to Twitter at the weekend to reveal she had tested positive for Covid-19, after testing negative the day before.The former This Morning presenter took to Twitter today to update her fans on her symptoms.She wrote in view of her 115,100 followers: "Good afternoon covid chums."How are you? Today my body aches from the waist down and shoulders up. You?"Many social media users rushed to the comments to share their Covid stories and wish the presenter well.K8_fletch said: "My symptoms started 24hrs ago.Sore throat, awful headache and body aches."No positive result yet.

PHILADELPHIA - South Philadelphia Community Fridge is asking for help after they say one of their refrigerators was stolen.Volunteers with the group say the community fridge outside the Bok Building at 1901 South 9th Street was taken around 6:30 p.m.

FILE-In this photo illustration a woman appears to be stressed as she sits in front of her computer. (Robin Utrecht/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The past couple of years have been challenging for most of us, and it can impact our moods and stress levels based on a recent Gallup poll.Gallup surveyed people to gauge the overall emotions they felt in 2021.

HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEATSTROKEWith many people starting celebrations as early as this week, Zambell offered some advice to know before you start a firework display."If you are shooting commercial fireworks, you need to know your fireworks, you need to know the local laws, you need adult supervision, you never want to put fireworks in your pocket, you never want to bring pets to the display, you want to shoot them one at a time, you need a water hose, shoot a good distance from buildings, and certainly don’t wanna be drinking alcohol."Zambell mentioned that dry conditions are among the worst to shoot fireworks.FOX Weather correspondent Will Nunley is in middle Tennessee, where state officials are monitoring conditions ahead of this July Fourth holiday.Nashville, Tennessee forecast into the July Fourth weekend. (FOX Weather) "This is your yearly reminder that you are launching burning balls of fire into the air, and that could accidentally land somewhere you weren’t anticipating and start a fire," Nunley said.He says that middle Tennessee isn’t necessarily in a drought situation, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t dry.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer attends the State of the Union address by U.S.

COVID-19 indicators are on the rise, the province’s public health director announced Wednesday.Dr. Luc Boileau gave an update on the situation, saying that the uptick in infections was foreseeable as sanitary restrictions were lifted.Quebec is also dealing with the arrival of new variants of the novel coronavirus, which Boileau said are more transmissible.

tenants of a Parkdale apartment building claim they are facing eviction for using their window air conditioner units during the heat wave earlier this month.Cindy Therrien, who has lived in the Jameson Avenue highrise for more than 30 years, suffers from a chronic inflammatory lung disease and said her A/C unit helps her to breathe.“They don’t want their air conditioners going but I’m sorry my health is more important than them trying to make my health issues worse,” Therrien said.Without air conditioning, she said, “I’d probably end up being found dead.” Online evictions raise alarm in Ontario Tenants of the building, The Imperial, showed Global News a “notice to terminate a tenancy early” letter they received in their mailboxes, dated June 20.“You must move out of the rental unit identified above on or before July 9th, 2022” indicates the letter.“Where am I moving?” asked Helen Gerardi, a tenant of the building for 43 years. “You know who is going to move me out? The hearse car.

PHILADELPHIA - James Holton's world was rocked when he got the news that his niece Jailene Holton was fatally shot at a bar in Northeast Philadelphia on Tuesday night. What began as a rare outing for the 21-year-old woman, who hardly ever drank or went out according to family, ended in tragedy at the Philly Bar & Restaurant. Authorities say 8th District officers responded to numerous reports of a shooting and found Holton suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. She was transferred to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital to undergo surgery, but she later died, police say. Holton's family says she was serving as the designated driver for a night out with a friend that began at Top Golf and ended at the bar. FOX 29 learned that a group of three men walked into the bar and one of them wanted to play billiards but was turned down because a billiards league was using the pool table. Authorities say the man began to cause a disturbance and he was escorted out of the bar with the two other men he arrived with. As the disturbance escalated, patrons in the bar were advised to stand at the back of the bar for their safety, sources told FOX 29's Steve Keeley. Jailene Holton, 21, is remembered by her family as a quiet woman who worked and didn't go out often.

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. - Police are conducting a shooting investigation in Springfield, according to authorities. SKYFOX flew over the scene of South Rt. 1 and Meetinghouse Lane and police vehicles were spotted on scene. Springfield Police say initial reports indicate that the shooting may have stemmed from a road rage incident on State Road. Suspects fled the area, according to police, but the community is not in danger. The Delaware County District Attorney's Office tells FOX 29's Jeff Cole that a man, who is believed to be in his 70s, died from gunshot wounds. FOX 29 is working to learn additional details about the shooting and the victim. This is a developing story.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind the iconic kids show “Sesame Street,” shared a new PSA on Twitter and Youtube.The now-viral campaign comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded the use of the COVID-19 vaccine to children 5-years-old and younger earlier this month.“It’s okay to have questions about COVID-19 vaccines for children!” the tweet is captioned. “Elmo’s dad Louie talked to their pediatrician, and learned that Elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep him and his whole neighborhood safe and healthy!”It's okay to have questions about COVID-19 vaccines for children! Elmo's dad Louie talked to their pediatrician, and learned that Elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep him and his whole neighborhood safe and healthy! #CaringForEachOther pic.twitter.com/aWkCfysJPEThe now-viral PSA shows the eternal 3-year-old describing the jab as “a little pinch” to his father Louie who questioned the safeness of the vaccine.

#monkeypox outbreak is an evolving health threat. To stop the further spread of the virus, @WHO has issued a series of guidance and recommendations for governments, health professionals and the public.

NEW DELHI : The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has directed states/UTs to do surveillance of incoming international travellers as a part of revised surveillance strategy in context of covid-19.  Under the revised surveillance plan, Bhushan has directed states have to follow three-pronged genomics survillance strategy. “All international travelers arriving in India testing positive for COVID-19 shall be sequence.

TRAVIS Barker's daughter Alabama shared a worrying photo of the rocker in hospital hours after his medical scare. The Blink-182 drummer, 46, was hospitalized on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, with a mystery illness.

Kate Garraway has opened up about the new ways she has found to love her husband Derek Draper after his Covid-19 battle. The Good Morning Britain host has always been open about her husband's journey after he was diagnosed with Covid back in March 2020.

As Kerala sees a steep rise in COVID cases, state Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday the people once again need to take precautions even though there is nothing to be worried about. Further assuring that there won't be any lockdown but  “everyone should cooperate and focus on preventing the spread of COVID-19 which can move from one to another." The suggestions come in the wake of over 4,000 fresh infections being reported in the state on Tuesday, raising the active cases till June 28 to 27,991.

ROME - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St.

THURMONT, Md. - Firefighters are on the scene of a multi-alarm fire in Frederick County at Camp Airy, a Jewish summer camp for boys.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherFirefighters are on the scene of a multi-alarm fire in Frederick County.The two-alarm fire was reported around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the dining hall of the camp in Thurmont. The fire spread throughout the first and second floors.