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Disaster & Management

Coronavirus cases in India climb to 4,40,215, nearly 11,000 recoveries in single day

During the last 24 hours, a total of 10,994 COVID-19 patients have recovered, taking the recovery rate to around 56.38 per cent amongst coronavirus infected patients, an official said.

Of the 312 fresh fatalities reported till Tuesday morning, 113 were from Maharashtra, 58 from Delhi, 37 from Tamil Nadu, 21 from Gujarat, 19 from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from West Bengal, 9 from Haryana, seven each from Rajasthan and Telangana, six from Madhya Pradesh, five each from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, three from Jammu and Kashmir, two each from Bihar and Punjab and one each from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha and Uttarakhand.

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China’s annual dog-meat fair opens; activists hope for last time

The coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in horseshoe bats before crossing into humans in a market in the city of Wuhan, has forced China to reassess its relationship with animals, and it has vowed to ban the wildlife trade.

In April, Shenzhen became the first city in China to ban the consumption of dogs, with others expected to follow.

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India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699

The country crossed the four lakh-mark on Sunday eight days after recording three lakh COVID-19 cases and has witnessed a surge of 2,34,747 infections from June 1 till 22.India registered over 10,000 cases for the 11th day in a row

The number of recoveries also continued to surge with 2,37,195 patients cured so far, while there were 1,74,387 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am.One patient has migrated

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 Hetero, Cipla get nod to manufacture, market antiviral drug remdesivir

The Union health ministry, in its ‘Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19’, recommended the use of the remdesivir on patients in moderate stage of the disease that is, those on oxygen. The drug has been included as an “investigational therapy” only for restricted emergency use purposes.

It is not recommended for those with severe renal impairment and high level of liver enzymes, pregnant and lactating women, and those below 12 years, the document on ‘Clinical Management Protocols for COVID-19’ stated.

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Coronavirus crisis: Centre extends Rs 50 lakh insurance cover for healthcare providers till September

The insurance cover despite being a well-publicised scheme, awareness of the same appearsto be little amongst some of State Nodal Agencies as a substantial number of some 75 claims, lodged till date are outside the purview of the policy on account of either the deceased not being a health worker or the deceased having died of other than corona related ailments, said Atul Sahay CMD, NIA.

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SBI’s new mantra work-from-anywhere

On the business side, the focus of the bank in the days ahead would be on revisiting risk assessment and business procedures in addition to rapid adoption of digital technology, said State Bank of India’s annual report.
“Bank will also have to revisit its risk management framework, its internal models of risk assessment and capital planning and business procedures to better adapt to new operating environment,” the report said.

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