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“Diversity and Inclusion” plays a crucial role in business resilience during pandemic:Survey
Attendees were also asked to identify the most pertinent areas the insurance industry needs to focus on as a result of new ways of working. Mental Health ranked the number one concern (44%), followed by Gender Equality (43%), Flexible Working Patterns (41%) and Culture & Ethnicity (34%).
CDC takes down guidance on possible airborne spread of coronavirus
The health agency had said that Covid-19 could spread through airborne particles that can remain suspended in the air and travel beyond six feet.
The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus, it said on Monday.
The agency still believes the disease is primarily spread through droplets, but that in enclosed crowded spaces with inadequate ventilation, aerosol transmission can occur, said Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program.
Study suggests dengue may provide some immunity against COVID-19
“If proven correct, this hypothesis could mean that dengue infection or immunization with an efficacious and safe dengue vaccine could produce some level of immunological protection” against the coronavirus, said the not yet published study led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke University
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.
TCS sets up 11 COVID-19 isolation centres for staff, their dependents
According to an email to employees, these centres will provide medical support to associates and their dependents (spouse, children and parents /parents-in-law) who are asymptomatic or mildly COVID-19 positive with no other co-morbidities or medical history/complications.
All the centres will have 24/7 medical cover, along with daily monitoring by trained professionals. The patients can even connect with a counsellor virtually during their treatment.
Moderna and Pfizer reveal secret blueprints for virus vaccine trials
Companies typically share these documents after their studies are complete. The disclosures while the trials are still underway, a rare move, are aimed at addressing growing suspicion among Americans that President Trump’s drive to produce a vaccine before the election on November 3 could result in a product that was unsafe.
Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China
In August, local authorities in two Chinese cities said they had found traces of the virus on cargoes of imported frozen food. The World Health Organization said then it saw no evidence of COVID-19 being spread by food or packaging.
U.N. food chief urges Bezos, other billionaires to step up to help world’s starving
Globally some 270 million people were headed toward the brink of starvation and WFP hopes to reach 138 million people this year, Beasley told the U.N. Security Council
Biden rejects Trump claim that COVID-19 vaccine is imminent
Trump again said on Wednesday that a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, could be ready for distribution ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Most health experts, including Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have said a vaccine will likely not be widely available until mid-2021.COVID-19 has killed more than 195,000 people in the United States, the most of any country.
90-minute British DnaNudge Covid-19 test is accurate, Lancet study finds
“These results suggest that the CovidNudge test, which can be performed at a patient’s bedside without the need to handle any sample material, has comparable accuracy to standard laboratory testing,” Professor Graham Cooke, lead author of the study from the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, said.