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COVID-19 disruption causing many deaths from TB, AIDS in poorest countries, fund says
In a few of the world’s poorest countries, excess deaths from AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) could even exceed those from the coronavirus itself, said the head of the Geneva-based aid body, known as the Global Fund.
Cannot order door-to-door COVID vaccination in this diverse country, or just scrap policy: SC
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Vikram Nath, and Hima Kohli refused to entertain a plea of a lawyers’ body seeking door-to-door COVID-19 jab for the disabled and people belonging to weaker sections of society, said the vaccination drive is already in progress and over 60 percent of the population has been administered the first dose.
Shared ‘grief and anxiety’ a powerful unifying factor in COVID fight
“Rarely have we been so united against a common challenge. We must build on this shared sense of grief and anxiety, and work together to not only tackle COVID-19 but all other challenges that stand in our path,” he added.
Reinsurance price rise slowing due to strong capital supply and recovering profitability: Fitch
Fitch expects the sector’s combined ratio, normalised for large losses, to improve by 2pp–3pp in 2021 and another 1pp–2pp in 2022 as price increases gradually feed into underwriting margins.
However, price rises are slowing due to strong capital supply and recovering profitability, and we expect risk-adjusted prices to remain largely unchanged in 2022.
India to post strong GDP growth in coming quarters: S&P
”The second wave of the pandemic has been pretty costly to economic activity. Households have been affected …. households are going to be repairing their balance sheets and withholding from spending which means activity will remain below trend once the recovery gets underway”.
India Inc resorted to salary cuts in Q1, will be drag on economic recovery: Report
The “weak” wage growth will prove to be a drag on the overall economic recovery in the medium term as it will affect household consumption, the report by India Ratings and Research said.
An environment of pandemic-led uncertainty and elevated inflation could impact the level of spending and hence the overall demand. Resuscitating wages will be critical for a revival of the overall economy and Capex cycle, which has been languishing even before the COVID-19 outbreak, it said., it said.
In a world first, Cuba to give Covid jabs to anyone over 2
Several other countries in the world are vaccinating children from the age of 12, and some are conducting trials in younger kids. Countries such as China, the UAE and Venezuela have announced they plan to vaccinate younger children, but Cuba is the first to do so. Chile on Monday approved the Sinovac vaccines for kids between six and 12.
Reinsurance outlook changes to stable as sector raises prices amid economic recovery:Moody’s
Price increases will drive stronger earnings for reinsurers through 2022 amid the post-pandemic economic recovery
Capitalization remains solid with solvency ratios well above regulatory thresholds
Uncertainty over Covid liabilities has diminished although pandemic-related claims continue to affect earnings for some large multiline reinsurers in 2021, driven by higher than expected mortality claims. The pandemic has caused reinsurers to take a more prudent stance towards systemic risk management, including communicable disease, cyber events and climate change.
Internet and smartphones are damaging wellbeing of people: Study
Abdullah Al-Rashid, Director of Ithra’s Digital wellbeing program says: “As an organisation dedicated to individual enrichment, we at Ithra want to understand the cultural impacts of mankind’s growing reliance on the internet and social media. Unfortunately, our research shows that half of all people believe over-reliance on these platforms is damaging their wellbeing. This is why we are launching Sync – a new initiative designed to raise awareness about digital wellbeing, support novel research in partnership with global entities, and unite thought leaders globally to find new ways to protect the public.”
Global bodies join hands to launch 500 actions to reduce environmental health burden
Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of deaths through, for example, heart disease, stroke, poisonings, traffic accidents, and others, all of which could at least be substantially reduced, if not eliminated, through bold preventive action at national, regional, local and sector-specific levels.
Air pollution alone leads to 7 million deaths each year, while climate change is expected to contribute increasingly to a broad range of health impacts, both directly and indirectly through effects on biodiversity.