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WHO advises against Gilead’s remdesivir for all hospitalised COVID-19 patients
The antiviral is one of only two medicines currently authorised to treat COVID-19 patients across the world, but a large WHO-led trial known as the Solidarity Trial showed last month that it had little or no effect on 28-day mortality or length of hospital stays for COVID-19 patients.
Generali to step up asset management expansion
The group’s long-term ambition is to position Generali among the top five multi-boutiques in the world by profits, it said. These are usually specialized investment divisions operating under the umbrella of a larger company.
“We have 2.5 billion euros for further acquisitions,” the insurer’s general manager Frederic de Courtois said in a presentation.
China all set to change its development model from 2021: Xi Jinping
“In seven years since the 2008 global financial crisis, the contribution of China’s domestic demand to GDP exceeded 100 per cent, making domestic consumption the main driver of its growth,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said.
China’s per capita GDP has topped USD 10,000 and its middle-income population has exceeded 400 million. It is projected by many international institutions that China’s retail market will reach USD six trillion in size this year, he said.
Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial results ‘definitely’ before Christmas – investigator
The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford produces an immune response in both elderly and young people and adverse reactions were lower among the elderly, AstraZeneca said .
Japan weighs tax incentives to reach PM’s goals on digital, zero emissions
“We must discuss how to establish tax system that responds to the premier’s calls for digitalisation and green society, which are pillars of a new era of with-corona and post-corona,” the LDP tax commission head Akira Amari told
Mutated coronavirus from mink in Denmark most likely extinct, health ministry says
No infections with the new virus variant, known as Cluster-5, had been registered since Sept. 15, the ministry said.
Pfizer, BioNTech conclude Phase 3 study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, say it’s 95% effective
“The study results mark an important step in this historic eight-month journey to bring forward a vaccine capable of helping to end this devastating pandemic. We continue to move at the speed of science to compile all the data collected thus far and share with regulators around the world,” said Dr Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and CEO
Indian businesses hit by more ransomware attacks in APAC region:Survey
Indian organisations feel most threatened by eCrime groups (90 per cent), hacktivists (77 per cent) and insider threats (66 per cent) followed by threats from nation states (64 per cent), according to the “2020 CrowdStrike Global Security Attitude Survey.”
COVID-19: India records 45,576 infections, 585 fatalities
There are 4,43,303 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which accounts for 4.95 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
The total recoveries have surged to 83,83,602, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.58?per cent, while the COVID-19?case?fatality rate stands at 1.47 per cent
‘Too soon’ to let Boeing 737 MAX fly again, say families of Lion Air crash victims
“This means they don’t prioritize safety, considering there have been fatal mistakes that led to these two airlines having terrible accidents,”