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In Europe, thousands of shops across Austria are set to re-open on Tuesday. Spain recorded its smallest proportional daily rise in the number of deaths and new infections since early March and let some businesses return to work on Monday.
Corona death count reaches 339, cases soar to 10,363: Health Ministry
According to the ministry’s data updated on Tuesday morning, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra at 2,334 followed by Delhi at 1,510 and Tamil Nadu at 1,173.
Extended lockdown to cause $234.4 bn economic loss: Barclays
Noting that while India is still not officially calling the infections to be in the community transmission stage, the existing restrictions on movement are causing much more economic damage than anticipated.
Businesses can claim GST refund for cancellation of services, goods contract
The CBIC clarification comes at a time when sectors like aviation and hospitality are grappling with mass cancellation of bookings in view of the lockdown due to the pandemic. Rajat Mohan, Senior Partner at AMRG & Associates, said “this clarification would help worst-hit sectors of the business fraternity to claim a tax refund from the government, which would also have a ripple effect in the entire supply chain”.
ADB triples financial aid for members to $20 billion to fight virus
This pandemic threatens to severely set back economic, social, and development gains in Asia and the Pacific, reverse progress on poverty reduction, and throw economies into recession, said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa.
French insurers in talks to jointly invest 1 bln euros to help small businesses during coronavirus
Insurers have been under pressure from the French government to come up with a plan to support the economy, as most companies were left without insurance coverage for disruptions to business caused by the lockdown.
Covid-19 Crisis:IRDAI asks insurers to be cautious on dividend payments,rationalise expenses and ensure solvency margin
Emphasising on prudent management of financial resources by the domestic insurers in the days of Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing lockdown in the country, the board of insurers are advised to devise strategies to ensure that they have adequate capital and resources available with them, said Pravin Kutumbe, member(Finance & Investment),IRDAI in a circular to the insurers on Monday.
WHO says Covid-19 is 10 times more deadly than swine flu
Tedros lamented Monday that some countries are seeing a doubling of cases every three to four days, but stressed that if countries were committed to “early case-finding, testing, isolating (and) caring for every case and tracing every contact” they could rein in the virus.
More than half of the planet’s population is currently staying home as part of efforts to stem the spread of the virus, but Tedros warned that “our global connectedness means the risk of re-introduction and resurgence of the disease will continue”.
Only Ayushman Yojana beneficiaries can be tested for free in pvt labs: SC
“We make it clear that the benefit of free testing by a person can be availed only when he or she is covered under any scheme like Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana.We are also of the view that looking to the plight of persons belonging to economically weaker sections of the society, the Government may consider as to whether any other categories of persons belonging to economically weaker sections of the society can be extended benefit of free testing of Covid-19,” it said.
25 districts in 15 states have not reported new Covid-19 cases: Govt
Agarwal also said that the Core Strategy Group on Covid-19 was working on rapid and economical diagnostics as well as new drugs.
“The group has been formed, based on a detailed review of Covid-19 research, undertaken by Union Health Minister Harshvardhan along with CSIR and its 38 labs. The group is working on digital and molecular surveillance, rapid and economical diagnostics, new drugs, repurposing of drugs and associated production “ he said.