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Climate change, COVID-19 stoke wildfire’s economic risk, Fed says
Wildfire risk is a combination of the likelihood of a big fire happening – which climate scientists have shown has been rising as the planet warms – and the economic destruction, in terms of lives and livelihoods destroyed that it could cause.
Antibody immunity to coronavirus may be short-lived: UK study
“This study has important implications when considering widespread serological testing, Ab protection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 and the durability of vaccine protection, the paper adds.
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 230,000
The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The previous WHO record for new cases was 228,102 on July 10. Deaths remained steady at about 5,000 a day.
Russia’s Sechenov University successfully completes clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine
According to Alexander Lukashev, the director of the Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical and Vector-Borne Diseases at Sechenov University, the objective of this stage of the study was to show the vaccine’s safety for human health, which was successfully done.
Early detection of Covid cases has resulted in low fatality rate: Vardhan
India’s total coronavirus cases have increased to 8,49,553. The country now has 2,92,258 active cases out of the total that were confirmed positive. Yesterday, the tally breached the 8-lakh mark. The total number of deaths that have been reported so far has increased to 22,674. India reported 28,637 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Coronavirus bringing record $1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020 – report
“COVID has changed everything,” said Seth Meyer, a portfolio manager at Janus Henderson, the firm that compiled the analysis for a new corporate debt index. “Now it is about conserving capital and building a fortified balance sheet”.
Biocon secures approval to use drug on coronavirus patients
“The randomised control trial indicated that all the patients treated with Itolizumab responded positively and recovered,” said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the firm’s executive chairperson.
The control group which did not receive Itolizumab unfortunately suffered deaths, she said, adding that the “first-in-class” drug will save lives and help reduce the mortality rate in India.
HC asks Centre to treat as representation plea for disaster management agency in NCR
“In order to bring about uniformity in the COVID-response, it is imperative that the respondents (Centre and governments of Delhi, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan) designate the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) or any authority, consisting of executive members from all the concerned states and union territory, as the single nodal agency, to carry out disaster management tasks in the NCR region in a uniform manner,” the petition had said.
India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 8.2 lakh with 27,114 new cases, death toll climbs to 22,123
While the total coronavirus caseload surged to 8,20,916 on Saturday, there were 2,83,407 active cases and 5,15,385 recoveries. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners
“Thus, around 62.78 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said
Floods, landslides kill 23 in Nepal, dozens missing
In the southern plains bordering India, the Koshi river, which causes deadly floods in the eastern Indian state of Bihar almost every year, was flowing above the danger level, police said.
Landslides and flash floods are common occurrence in mountainous Nepal during the June-September monsoon every year.