by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: Over 3.86 crore people did not get their second dose of anti-Covid vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — within the stipulated period of time, the government has said in response to an RTI query. According to information on the CoWIN portal, as of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MUMBAI: Several Indian states are building facilities with more paediatric beds, plus oxygen, due to concern that children returning to school without being vaccinated will be among the most vulnerable during a third wave of coronavirus infections. Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
The COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and AstraZeneca are less effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus compared to the Alpha variant, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford. The researchers, however, noted that with Delta,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance
NEW YORK: Marsh, the world’s largest insurance, together with global bank, Citi, announced the placement of an innovative risk mitigation structure on behalf of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), to cover the risk associated with a number of governments...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
London: Miller, a leading independent specialist (re)insurance broker, today announces the appointment of Ron Whyte who joins to lead the broker’s expansion in Asia. Ron joins Miller from Willis Towers Watson (WTW) where most recently he held the role of...
