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Summit secures additional $2.4 bln for COVID shots for poor countries
The funds will allow COVAX to secure 1.8 billion fully subsidised doses for delivery to lower-income countries in 2021 and early 2022, enough to protect 30% of adults in those nations, GAVI said in a statement.
“We have taken a big step towards ‘one world protected’,” said Jose Manuel Barroso, GAVI chairman. The fresh funds brought total COVAX financing to $9.6 billion, he added.
Tapeworm drug, masks are part of Reliance’s plan to tackle coronavirus
Its diagnostic kits — R-Green and R-Green Pro — have been approved by India’s apex medical research body and it has designed a process to make sanitizers at one-fifth the market cost, Reliance said in the report.
Global ”hot spots” where new coronaviruses may emerge identified
“Land use changes can have an important impact on human health, both because we are modifying the environment, and also because they can increase our exposure to zoonotic disease,” said study co-author Paolo D”Odorico, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the US.
“Every formal land use change should be evaluated not only for the environmental and social impacts on resources such as carbon stocks, microclimate and water availability, but also for the potential chain reactions that could impact human health,” D’Odorico said.
Government issues guidelines for care of children affected by Covid-19
The states need to identify the children in distress through outreach and surveys and prepare a database with a profile of each child, along with the details of their specific needs and requirements, and ensure that the data is uploaded on the Track Child portal.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, said 9,346 children have lost at least one of the parents to the deadly virus, including over 1,700 who have lost both their parents, according to data received from the states
Covid-19 vaccine: After Pfizer, Serum Institute seeks indemnity, say sources
Earlier last year, SII CEO Adar Poonawala had advocated for indemnity for all vaccine manufacturers.
“We need to have the government indemnify manufacturers, especially vaccine manufacturers, against all lawsuits… Frivolous claims come up and you see in the media something being blown out of proportion. The government needs to step in with the right messaging,” he had said.
Amid the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine crunch, US pharma giant Pfizer is seeking an indemnity bond that will exempt it from legal claims in case there are any adverse effects from the vaccine.
Covid-19 claims cost life reinsurers billions
The biggest costs for life reinsurers came from the US and to a lesser extent the UK and Canada but claims from other countries including South Africa and in Latin America added to the costs. Life reinsurers only have limited exposure to India.
BI estimates Swiss Re accounted for around 35% of claims followed by Reinsurance Group of America on 27% but the decline in deaths should mean much lower claims for the second half of the year.
7 EU nations start issuing Covid certs
Travellers can move freely if at least one of these three criteria is met. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland made the certificates available. The system would be used in all 27 EU countries as of July 1. NYT
India may grant indemnity to Pfizer and Moderna for launching their Covid-19 vaccines
In another key waiver, the drug regulator has done away with the requirement of India-specific trials for foreign vaccines approved by specific countries and WHO for emergency use.
No recovery in global jobs market from pandemic until at least 2023: ILO
Women, young people and the 2 billion people working in informal sectors have been hardest hit, with 108 million more workers worldwide now categorized as poor or extremely poor compared to 2019, it said.
Israel finds probable link between Pfizer Covid shot and heart inflammation
Most of the cases occurred in young men, especially those between 16 and 19 years old. In most cases, patients were hospitalized for four days or less, and in 95% of the cases were classified as mild, the ministry said.