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Pharma majors face disruptions in ops due to Sikkim flash floods
No major disruption is expected in supply chain as the...
The six weeks following flooding event critical for public health monitoring, new decadal study suggests
These flood-and-death associations varied with local climate types...
Pandemic exposes scientific rift over proving when germs are airborne
WHO still insists on more definitive proof that the novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, can be transmitted through the air, a trait that would put it on par with measles and tuberculosis and require even more stringent measures to contain its spread.
Covid-19 left 147 mn unemployed, global consumption loss at $3.8 trn: Study
“Our study highlights the interconnected nature of international supply chains, with observable global spillover effects across a range of industry sectors, such as manufacturing, tourism and transport,” said study researcher Arunima Malik from the University of Sydney in Australia.
Gilead analysis shows remdesivir reduced coronavirus death risk, more studies needed
Findings from the analysis showed that 74.4% of remdesivir-treated patients recovered by Day 14 versus 59.0% of patients receiving standard of care, the company said.
The mortality rate for patients treated with remdesivir in the analysis was 7.6% at Day 14, compared with 12.5% among patients not on remdesivir.
Relying on market forces for Covid-19 drugs would prolong the deadly pandemic:Bill Gates
With hundreds of vaccine projects under way and governments in Europe and the United States investing billions of dollars in research, trials and manufacturing, there is concern that richer nations could scoop up promising medicines against the new coronavirus, leaving developing countries empty-handed.
The European Commission and the World Health Organization have warned of an unhealthy competition in the scramble for a medicine seen as key to saving lives and resolving economic chaos sowed by virus, while some officials in Washington have indicated they would seek to prioritize U.S residents.
Pandemic-proofing: Insurance may never be the same again
Marsh, the world’s biggest insurance broker, has teamed up with AXA XL, part of France’s AXA,and data firm Arity, which is part of Allstate, to help businesses such as U.S. supermarket chains, restaurants and e-commerce retailers cope with the challenges of social distancing.
Tech firm Machine Cover, for example, aims to offer policies next year that would give relief during lockdowns. Using apps and other data sources, the Boston-based company measures traffic levels around businesses such as restaurants, department stores, hairdressers and car dealers
Why reveal names of COVID-19 patients? it involves privacy: Bombay HC
The PIL said when the fundamental right to life and right to lead a healthy life clash with the fundamental right to privacy, then the court needs to see which of these rights would advance public morality and interest.
India’s COVID tally climbs to 7,67,296
“Around 62.08 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said.
Of the 487 deaths, 198 are from Maharashtra, 64 from Tamil Nadu, 54 from Karnataka, 48 from Delhi, 23 from West Bengal, 18 from Uttar Pradesh, 16 from Gujarat, 12 from Andhra Pradesh,
Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 12 million
There have been more than 546,000 deaths linked to the virus so far, within the same range as the number of yearly influenza deaths reported worldwide. The first death was reported on Jan. 10 in Wuhan, China before infections and fatalities surged in Europe and then later in the United States
COVID-19 pandemic in Africa is now reaching ‘full speed’
Johannesburg: The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is reaching full speed and it's good to prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief said Thursday, after a South African official said a single province is...
Billion-dollar June hail event becomes one of Canada’s costliest severe weather events on record, Aon cat report
Meanwhile, several severe weather outbreaks in the United States in June resulted in an economic loss exceeding USD2.3 billion. The costliest event was a prolonged weather pattern from June 5-11 across much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States that caused total economic losses estimated at USD800 million, of which more than USD600 million was insured.