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There are 4,000 variants of virus that causes COVID-19, UK minister says
Its very unlikely that the current vaccine won’t be effective on the variants whether in Kent or other variants especially when it comes to severe illness and hospitalisation
“All manufacturers, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca and others are looking at how they can improve their vaccine to make sure that we are ready for any variant – there are about 4,000 variants around the world of COVID now.”UK Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News,”
Jharkhand health worker dies after receiving COVID vaccine
IIT Mandi-led team develops AI app to track home quarantined COVID patients
The mobile application, dubbed LakshmanRekha, uses a combination of biometric verification, geofencing and AI so that no patient can breach the assigned quarantine space.
Geofencing technology uses GPS signals to determine when a person enters a certain boundary.
21.5% of population showed evidence of past exposure to COVID in latest national serosurvey: Govt
Urban slums (31.7 per cent) and urban non-slums (26.2 per cent) had a higher SARS-CoV-2 prevalence than that in rural areas (19.1 per cent), Bhargava said, adding that 23.4 per cent of individuals above 60 years of age had suffered from COVID-19.
McKinsey to pay $573 million to settle claims over opioid crisis role: Report
More than 3,200 lawsuits are pending, seeking to hold drug makers, distributors and pharmacies responsible for an opioid addiction epidemic that according to U.S. government data resulted in 450,000 overdose deaths from 1999 to 2018.
Majority of companies expect COVID-19 to continue impacting their business next year:Aon Survey
Rory Moloney, Chief Executive Officer, Global Risk Consulting, Aon, said: “There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic will permanently change the way companies operate. There is a long way to go before we are in the ‘post-COVID era’, but as we move towards a recovery phase, companies must now ask what risk management and resilience should look like going forward. Among the top priorities for companies seeking to reshape their business are the new and accelerated use of technology, redeploying resources, workforce planning and rethinking the future of work—this is only the beginning of a much more long-term evolution in risk management.”
39 pc people in HP suffer from obesity, 11.5 pc diabetic: Study
”Himachal Pradesh ranks seventh in the country in terms of prevalence of type-two diabetes, and has a higher prevalence than the national average as well as its neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand,” he said
The prevalence is same among males and females, but is higher in urban areas as compared to rural areas, Mokta added.
He said that according to the study, around half of those suffering from diabetes have not been diagnosed with the disease and are unaware about the problem.
Over 300 million Indians may have COVID-19 – source citing government study
Separate tests done on more than 700,000 people across India by diagnostics company Thyrocare Technologies showed 55% of the population may have already been infected, its chief told Reuters last week.
The World Health Organization says at least 60% to 70% of a population needs to have immunity to break the chain of transmission.
India’s more relaxed rules on investment in insurers set to attract U.S., European players
A lawyer said several insurers from Asia have also shown interest in ramping up Indian investments, and started seeking more details about Monday’s proposal hours after it was announced.
In a statement to Reuters, lobby group U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said New Delhi’s decision will help American insurance companies enhance financial inclusion in India.
Over half in New Delhi may have had COVID, government survey suggests
“In the fifth sero survey done in the national capital of Delhi, (coronavirus) antibodies have been detected in 56.13% of the city’s population,” Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Twitter after the report was published.