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Mathematical Modelling Shows COVID-19 Containment Possible: Health Ministr
According to the document, “Containment for large outbreaks through geographic quarantine strategy calls for near absolute interruption of movement of people to and from a relatively large defined area where there is single large outbreak or multiple foci of local transmission of COVID-19”.
Covod-19 Pandemic:Cases climb to 90,927,death toll at 2,872
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,872 and the number of total positive cases climbed to 90,927 Sunday morning, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 new cases in 24 hours, since 8 AM Saturday, according to the...
MHA extends nationwide lockdown till May 31,new guidelines issued
In the new norms, the MHA has also clarified that states to make final call on passenger movement/zoning during. However it has now permitted inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses, provided that consent is given by all states/UTs involved. States/UTs have been given the authority to decide on the intra-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses.
It has further prohibited activities like domestic/international air travel, metro rail services, schools/colleges and other educational institutions, hotels/restaurants and other hospitality services except for those housing emergency service workers or being used as quarantine facilities. Restaurants will be allowed to operate kitchens for home delivery of food items.
Govt to retain up to 4 CPSEs in a strategic sector, to privatise others
The sectors which get notified as strategic will have not more than four PSEs and the remaining ones will be either privatised, merged or brought under a holding company.
COVID-19 could cost 135 mn jobs, push 120 mn people into poverty in India: Report
“India is headed towards a W-shaped economic recovery with a potential GDP contraction of 10.8 per cent in FY21. An opportunity loss of USD 1 trillion is staring India in its face,” said Barnik Chitran Maitra, lead author of the report and Managing Partner & CEO of Arthur D Little, India and South Asia.
12 lakh EPFO members withdraw Rs 3,360 cr retirement savings during lockdown: FM
Earlier in March, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar had asked all state chief ministers to provide financial aid to over 3.5 crore construction workers from Rs 52,000-crore construction cess available with them amid Covid-19 outbreak.
Punjab staring at loss of Rs 50,000 crore due to COVID-19: Chief Minister
The CM said with some experts predicting a peak in coronavirus pandemic in July and August, Punjab was preparing itself “for the worst”, with the massive influx of migrants and Indian returnees from abroad emerging as the top disease management challenge.
Odisha, Bengal brace to fight cyclone Amphan amid Covid crisis; NDRF deployed
The cyclone, according to an IMD report, has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal. It is likely to make a landfall somewhere between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya Islands in Bangladesh on Wednesday.”The trajectory is mostly towards West Bengal, Sagar Islands and probably towards Bangladesh…. But we have to watch the trajectory very closely. NDRF has deployed the teams well in advance. They are either deployed or moving towards the destination,” S N Pradhan, the chief of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said in New Delhi.
As it rolls in towards the Indian shores ominously, the cyclone is likely to unleash heavy rain and high-velocity winds in large swathes of coastal Odisha and West Bengal.
Health groups ask India to rescind Gilead’s patents for COVID-19 drug remdesivir
“The licenses divide the global market into two and profitable markets are retained with Gilead and less profitable markets are given to the five generic companies,” said K. Gopakumar, senior legal researcher at Third World Network, which sent a letter to the Indian government on Wednesday.
Covid-19 could cause economic loss up to $8.8 trn, 9.7% of global GDP: ADB
The ADB’s forecast, equal to 6.4% to 9.7% of global gross domestic product, was worse than projections in April when it said the global economy could suffer between $2.0 trillion and $4.1 trillion in losses, depending on how long containment measures were in place.
Measures to contain the spread could inflict $1.7 trillion to $2.5 trillion in economic losses in Asia, and between $1.1 trillion and $1.6 trillion in China, the ADB said.