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COVID-19: India records lowest daily cases in over six months
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,75,958 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.32 per cent,while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
There are 2,31,036active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 2.23per cent of the total caseload,the data stated.
Localised herd immunity, young population behind the dip in India’s Covid count?
While there is a glimmer of hope and India’s Covid-19 numbers are on a definite decline for a combination of reasons, a vaccination programme continues to be important, particularly given the presence of a mutant, more transmissible strain, several experts said while cautioning against infection upticks ahead.
India gets its first women’s team in disaster combat
“The first women rescuers’ team is already on ground. Recently, the UP government requisitioned an NDRF team and they (women) went there (Garh Mukteshwar). The team handled the rescue boats and related equipments,” NDRF director general S N Pradhan told PTI in an interview.
“These personnel have all the skills to be called complete rescuers,” he said.
Consumers feel higher importance of sanitisation; cloth wash frequency rises amid pandemic: Survey
Commenting on the findings, Whirlpool of India Vice-President (Marketing) K G Singh said, ”People today are more vigilant of their health and hygiene than ever before.” An official spokesperson from Kantar said the survey clearly indicates the stress and worry around sanitisation of clothes.
India working on plan to develop coastal regions, says PM
Indian companies are spending billions of dollars to build infrastructure as the country wants to raise the share of gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030 from about 6% now.
Approval of COVID vaccine lends strength to optimism on health, eco fronts: FinMin report
India, the report said, ”has been successful in bending the COVID-curve till now, with reducing weekly/daily infections, rising recovery rate (now at around 95 per cent) and one of the world’s lowest case fatality rates”. The downside risk, however, remains due to the spread of the UK variant and fatigue from social distancing guidelines, it said, adding the emphasis on continued observation of ‘COVID appropriate’ behaviour with the due exercise of caution and surveillance needs to be sustained.
Wildlife, land-use change and health infra: Scientists identify ways of preventing next pandemic
Following several multidisciplinary studies in 2020, scientists now firmly believe a “perfect storm” for an outbreak with pandemic potential is created by the combined forces of land-use change, high population density and the presence of interfaces between wildlife and domestic animals.
Germany mulls delaying second COVID-19 vaccine shot, Denmark approves delay
Some German health experts have welcomed Britain’s move to delay administering a second dose of the BioNTech/Pfizer shot, which comes as governments try to provide protection against coronavirus to as many people as possible by giving them one shot and delaying a second.
However, BioNTech and Pfizer pointed in a joint statement to a lack of trial data to support delaying the second dose.
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 85 million mark: Johns Hopkins University
The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 20,626,686 and 351,453, respectively, according to the CSSE.
India comes in second place in terms of cases at 10,323,965, while the country’s death toll soared to 149,435.
Brazil currently accounts for the second highest number of fatalities at 196,018.
1 Jan renewals:Reinsurers arrest downward pricing, say no to ongoing Contagious Disease exposures
Improving investment markets, retained earnings and newly raised capital helped global reinsurance capital levels to recover rapidly during 2020, ending the year 3% higher than at year-end 2019.
For buyers, terms and conditions have overall been less onerous than initially feared again revealing the efficient working of the global reinsurance market,
Emerging COVID-19 losses, often advised only late in the renewal process or yet to be advised, triggered technical discussions of primary policy coverage and reinsurance treaty wordings.
Both remain in the early stages of deliberation, so, sensibly, most programmes renewed without considering any potential COVID-19 losses, leaving time for more measured discussions and subsequent adjustments.