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UN to rich nations: Don’t undermine Covax vaccination program
On Friday, leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers said they would accelerate global vaccine development and deployment and support affordable and equitable access to vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. They cited a collective USD 7.5 billion from the G-7 to U.N.-backed efforts.
Manmade debris poses threat to space operations:Hiscox
From an insurance perspective, the growth in space debris makes launching new satellites and rockets riskier. It could mean that we require space operators to take additional measures such as having propulsion onboard satellites, so they can change height to avoid collisions and de-orbit when they become obsolete,” said Pascal Lecointe, Space Line underwriter at Hiscox said.
Israeli Insurtech reaches $1 Billion Valuation
Founded in 2001, Earnix helps its customers provide personalized rates and products using artificial intelligence and analytics. The startup will use the new funds to grow internationally, develop new products and support deals, it said in a statement Sunday.
Israeli startups overall raised a record $1.44 billion in January, with a half-dozen firms announcing funding rounds of at least $100 million, according to a report from Start-Up Nation Central, a non-profit organization that tracks Israel’s tech industry.
Study shows Covid-19 patients have higher risk of cardiac damage
Prof. Fontana said: “Injury relating to inflammation and scarring of the heart is common in Covid-19 patients with troponin elevation discharged from hospital, but is of limited extent and has little consequence for the heart’s function.
Over 200 million vaccine doses administered globally
More broadly, 92 percent of doses worldwide have been given in countries classified by the World Bank as “high-income” or “upper-middle income”, accounting for around half of the global population.
Among the 29 countries the institution ranks as “low-income”, only Guinea and Rwanda have begun vaccinating.
Israel is far ahead of any other country worldwide with almost half its population having received at least one vaccine dose.
Experts call rise in Covid-19 cases in few states ‘stochastic spread’
“India is a vast country and given its geographical entity, we cannot expect uniformity in virus spread across the length and breadth of the nation. Pandemic occurs and impacts differently as far as geography is concerned. The role of the people and their conduct play a large role in mapping the spread,” he said.
Over 90% of tech employees continue to work from home: Azim Premji
Addressing an interactive session hosted by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Premji said the IT industry and the government have appreciated the value of a permanent hybrid model where people would work partly from office and home even after the end of the pandemic.
Social media can topple govts, working on a law to regulate it: Ram Madhav
“We require new rules and laws to tackle and manage. The government is already working in this direction,” Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said
Maharashtra imposes new COVID-19 lockdowns in some areas
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said daily cases in the state had risen to almost 7,000 from about 2,000 earlier this month, demanding stricter measures from Monday to control the spread of the virus in four districts of the state.
“The second wave has been knocking on our door. Whether it has come or not will be confirmed in next eight to 15 days,” he said in a televised address, adding that restrictions could be widened beyond those four districts if necessary.
Pfizer jab 95.8% effective against Covid: Israel health ministry
Israel’s inoculation campaign is regarded as the world’s fastest, with one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered to 4.25 million people out of its nine million-strong population since December, according to the latest health ministry figures.
Some 2.88 million people have received the recommended full course of two jabs.
The health ministry said on Saturday the vaccine had proved 95.8 percent effective in preventing coronavirus infection among those vaccinated two weeks after receiving their second shot compared to unvaccinated people, according to data compiled up to February 13.