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The new research claims that scientists took a natural coronavirus “backbone” found in Chinese cave bats and spliced onto it a new “spike”, turning it into the deadly and highly transmissible Covid-19.

The paper also quotes that researchers found “unique fingerprints” in Covid-19 samples that they say could only have arisen from manipulation in a laboratory.Authors Dalgleish and Sorensen wrote in their paper that they had prima facie evidence of retro-engineering in China’ for a year, but were ignored by academics and major journals, reported DailyMail.com.

India variant shows resistance to antibody drugs, vaccines

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic

A multicenter team of scientists in France studied a B.1.617.2 variant isolated from a traveler returning from India. Compared to the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in Britain, the India variant was more resistant to antibody drugs, although three currently approved drugs still remained effective against it, they found.

UK could make COVID-19 jabs compulsory in healthcare, minister says

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic

“It would be incumbent on any responsible government to have the debate, to do the thinking as to how we go about protecting the most vulnerable by making sure that those who look after them are vaccinated,” he told Sky News.

India reports 3,460 more COVID-19 deaths, over 165,000 new infections

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic

India has administered about 212 million doses, the most after China and the United States, but has given the necessary two doses to only about 3% of its 1.35 billion people.

Carmakers in ‘India’s Detroit’ allowed to operate as workers protest COVID risk

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits

Tamil Nadu government order issued on Saturday said so-called continuous process industries, which include auto factories, would be allowed to function in accordance with measures such as social distancing to stem the virus’s spread.

It also urged vehicle manufacturers to initiate immediate action to vaccinate all their employees within a month.

Only 30% of firms in US, Europe to embrace full return-to-office model

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits

“By shifting conversations to focus on the working environments that best suit employees’ needs moving forward, organisations can ensure that their employees feel they are being heard and that they have the autonomy and tools to do their jobs effectively,” said Keith Johnston, VP and group research director at Forrester.

Vaccine inequality, wily variants: Covid’s deadliest phase may be here soon

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic

In countries with widespread vaccination, like the United States and Britain, we can expect that Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to decline or stay low, especially because lab tests and real world experience show that vaccines appear to defend recipients well against the severe effects of both variants.

For much of the rest of the world, though, this even more transmissible new variant could be catastrophic.

Better choice of contraceptives can prevent breast cancer, says study

May 30, 2021 | Facts, Health

Despite their widespread use, hormonal contraceptives are known to increase the risk of breast cancer, which is the most common cause of cancer-related death among women worldwide, and also topped the list of most commonly diagnosed cancers in 2020.

COVID impact: Digital recruitment process to continue, say experts

May 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic

There was a rush towards new-age technology-aided recruitment/HR tools in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and new-age recruitment tools will continue to be leveraged extensively and increasingly in the future too.

“Corporates want to have data-based and analysis-driven inputs to make recruitment decisions and they employ various modern tools to ensure candidates cultural and job role fitment,” said Siddhartha Gupta, CEO, Mercer – Mettl.