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PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notices to the Union ministries of home affairs, women and child development and health, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi and the city police, seeking their stand on one of the pleas moved by a lawyer, which has also asked for financial assistance for the families of the patients who died due to the alleged denial of healthcare such as hospital admissions, oxygen and medications.
Investors brace for market fallout as most of India’s states lock down
“Markets will correct if the government announces a nationwide lockdown,” said Naveen Kulkarni, chief investment officer at Axis Securities Ltd. “However, the critical factor will be the duration. The longer any lockdown is, the greater will be the correction.”
No judicial interference needed in Covid-19 vaccine policy: Centre tells SC
The affidavit added that the new ‘Liberalized Pricing and Accelerated National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy would further ramp up the pace of COVID-19 vaccination.”
Budget heading for vaccination expenditure does not inhibit Centre from using funds: FinMin
Currently, COVID-19 vaccines are being provided free of cost by the Centre to those who are 45 years of age and above and to all frontline workers.
The Centre has so far provided more than 17.56 crore vaccine doses to states/ UTs free of cost.
Universal pricing system for COVID-treatment introduced in pvt hospitals: Kerala govt tells HC
The government said charges for various treatments, consumables, medicines, doctors and nursing should be made known to the public and will be monitored by the secretary Clinical Establishment Act.
”If any hospital is found to be charging more than the rates… they shall be levied a penalty which shall be ten times the additional charges by the concerned DMO(H),” it said.
Last week, the high court had directed the state government to take steps to introduce a uniform tariff rate for COVID-19 treatment at private hospitals.
Underwriters puzzle over how to make pandemics insurable again
U.S. company SpottedRisk has devised a model built on years of data on the political and economic environment of film locations in 150 countries, as well as a year’s COVID-19 shutdown data, to come up with a pricing mechanism to cover the risk of production stopping due to the pandemic.
Britain, the European Union and the United States are all looking at arrangements in which cover from commercial insurers would be backed by government reinsurance schemes. Such schemes could be less costly than business bailouts but the process of developing them is slow, as governments grapple with the problems at hand.
Europe dares to reopen as 200 millionth vaccine dose delivered
With 200 million vaccine doses delivered, the European Union is on track to achieve its goal of inoculating 70% of its adult population by summer, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted on Sunday.
Insurers can’t deny Carona covers to customers: IRDAI
All insurers, as applicable, are advised to continue offering Corona Kavach and Corona Rakshak Policies and also to renew these policies, said the IRDAI.
Non-life insurance cos register 22 pc growth in gross premium at Rs 17,310 cr in Apr
The five standalone health insurance providers witnessed more than 43 per cent jump in gross premium at Rs 1,259.23 crore as against Rs 809.20 crore.
Positive COVID-19 test report not mandatory for admission in hospitals: Govt
“Hospitals under the central government, state governments and UT administration, including private hospitals managing COVID patients, shall ensure that requirement of a positive test for COVID-19 virus is not mandatory for admission to a COVID health facility.
“A suspect case shall be admitted to the suspect ward of COVID Care Centre (CCC), Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) of Dedicated COVID Hospital (DHC) as the case may be,” the directive to all the states and Union Territories said.