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86,961 new COVID-19 cases in India, tally reaches 54,87,580
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to coronavirus has further declined to 1.6 per cent. There are 10,03,299 active cases in the country as of now, which comprises 18.28 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 6,43,92,594 samples have been tested up to September 20, with 7,31,534 samples being tested on Monday.
Carbon emissions of richest 1% more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity:Oxfam
The report assesses the consumption emissions of different income groups between 1990 and 2015 – 25 years when humanity doubled the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It found:
The richest 10 percent accounted for over half (52 percent) of the emissions added to the atmosphere between 1990 and 2015. The richest one percent were responsible for 15 percent of emissions during this time – more than all the citizens of the EU and more than twice that of the poorest half of humanity (7 percent).
Insured losses for Hurricane Sally between USD 1-3 billion:AIR Worldwide
Included in AIR’s estimates are losses to onshore residential, commercial, and industrial properties and automobiles for their building, contents, and time element coverage.
DCGI approves commercial launch of low cost Covid-19 test ‘Feluda’
The Tata CRISPR test is the world’s first diagnostic test to deploy a specially adapted Cas9 protein to successfully detect the virus causing COVID-19, it said.Moreover, CRISPR is a futuristic technology that can also be configured for detection of multiple other pathogens in the future.
Commenting on the development, Girish Krishnamurthy, CEO, TATA Medical and Diagnostics Ltd said, “The approval for the Tata CRISPR test for COVID-19 will give a boost to the country’s efforts in fighting the global pandemic.
How to ship a vaccine at -80 C and other obstacles in the covid fight
Companies may have to transport tiny glass vials thousands of miles while keeping them as cold as the South Pole in the depths of winter.
A recent study by DHL and McKinsey found that a cold vaccine would be accessible to about 2.5 billion people in 25 countries. Large parts of Africa, South America and Asia, where super-cold freezers are sparse, would be left out.
“The consequence is to reinforce the staggering bias in favor of the wealthy and powerful few countries,” said Morrison, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
World’s top companies urge action on nature loss ahead of U.N. talks
“Healthy societies, resilient economies and thriving businesses rely on nature. Governments must adopt policies now to reverse nature loss in this decade,” the companies said in a statement.
Others to sign included IKEA, Unilever and AXA .
Business for Nature, the coalition which organised the statement, said it was the first time so many companies had issued a joint call emphasising the crucial role healthy ecosystems play in human well-being.
Businesses call on U.S. insurers to ditch fossil fuel underwriting
“The insurance industry is underwriting and investing in fossil fuels which we now know are the key drivers of climate change,” they said.”As insurance customers, we are therefore expressing our desire for insurance coverage in the U.S. market that isn’t tied to supporting fossil fuels and actively supports renewable energy.”
U.S. insurers reported almost $7 trillion in cash and invested assets, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
GIC Re to manage Rs 75k cr Pandemic Pool,mandatory cover & parametric claim payment:IRDA Panel
Pandemic pool,with public-private-government participation, to cater 4 crore MSME workers,around Rs2000 crores of capacity expected from the industry and a substantial capacity coming from government in the form of backstop. Multiple trigger mechanism will be set separately for an epidemic and a pandemic event.Participation will be mandatory for the sectors which have been covered under the pool. This can be provided as a Standalone Product coverage for the event or as an add-on with the existing products.
“We are now putting the report on the formation of Pandemic Pool for the public feed-back and will soon set up the Pool,” said SC Khuntia, chiarman, IRDAI..
Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million: Reuters tally
The official number of global coronavirus cases is now more than five times the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World Health Organization data.
Around the world, there have been almost 1 million deaths, considered a lagging indicator given the two-week incubation period of the virus. That has well exceeded the upper range of 290,000 to 650,000 annual deaths linked to influenza.
COVID-19 tally in India breaches 48-lakh mark; death toll climbs 79,722
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.64 per cent.
There are 9,86,598 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, while 37,80,107 people have recovered, the data stated.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and it went past 40 lakh on September 5.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 5,72,39,428 samples have been tested up to September 13 with 9,78,500 samples being tested on Sunday.