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Special camps to be organised in TN’s 4 districts to settle insurance claims once flood water recedes: FM
As many as 31 people have lost their lives in the four districts...
India boosts AI in weather forecasts as floods, droughts increase
The India Meteorological Department expects the AI-based climate...
Masks,disinfectant,social distancing:Japan responds to disaster amid coronavirus
“We kept saying, ‘Check your hazard map,’” said Masako Yoneda of the Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction, which issued an urgent warning on the topic in May. “But still, there are people who don’t check.”
Australian Bushfires cause insured Losses of S$1.3B: PERILS
The industry loss data cover the peak period for the bushfires which occurred during the turn of the year, said PERILS, noting that the figure is based on detailed loss data collected from the vast majority of the Australian insurance market.
As insurers face hefty pandemic losses,newcomers see chance to step in
A lot of firms are reducing the amounts of business they do in certain types of insurance, creating space for new entrants, said Convex deputy chief executive Paul Brand.Investors’ appetite for higher returns when central banks are putting in trillions of dollars in stimulus is attracting them to insurance.Broker Hyperion estimates around $16 billion in capital has already been raised by insurers this year, compared with $9 billion over the same period last year.
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 7-lakh mark
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally raced past the seven-lakh mark on Tuesday after a single-day spike of 22,252 infections, five days after crossing the six-lakh post, while the death toll breached the 20,000 mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. It...
Unite human,animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic: UN Report
The report identifies seven trends driving the increasing emergence of zoonotic diseases, including increased demand for animal protein; a rise in intense and unsustainable farming; the increased use and exploitation of wildlife; and the climate crisis. The report finds that Africa in particular, which has experienced and responded to a number of zoonotic epidemics including most recently, to Ebola outbreaks, could be a source of important solutions to quell future outbreaks.
WHO acknowledges ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne spread of COVID-19
Speaking at Tuesday’s briefing in Geneva, Benedetta Allegranzi, the WHO’s technical lead for infection prevention and control, said there was evidence emerging of airborne transmission of the coronavirus, but that it was not definitive.
“…The possibility of airborne transmission in public settings – especially in very specific conditions, crowded, closed, poorly ventilated settings that have been described, cannot be ruled out,” she said.
COVID-19 cases hit 5.9 million in Americas, half in Latin America, Caribbean: WHO
Some of Latin America’s most persistent problems have contributed to the scale of the pandemic in the region, Etienne said: inequality, political division and health systems that have been weakened by years of under-investment.
Japan household spending slumps as curbs hit travel, dining out
The government already compiled two spending packages worth a combined US$2.2 trillion to offset the hit from the pandemic, which included cash handouts of 100,000 yen (S$1,300) per citizen.
Mylan to launch generic remdesivir version in India at $64 per 100 mg vial
Remdesivir is in high demand after the intravenously-administered medicine helped to shorten hospital recovery times in a clinical trial. On Friday, it got conditional approval from the European Commission for use in severe COVID-19 patients.
Panel probing deadly south Indian gas leak finds LG Polymers negligent
“There were no proper preventive mechanisms to avert such incidents and the warning siren facility was also not in order,” the Andhra Pradesh government statement on the committee’s findings said