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Asia monitoring new UK strain, no flights cancelled yet
The new strain in Britain comes as cases have surged recently in several Asian countries that successfully contained the pandemic earlier this year. The spikes in cases have prompted localised lockdowns in some countries and more aggressive testing.
Much is unknown about the strain, but experts said current vaccines should still be effective against it. No Asian country has reported the new strain.
Australia detects new UK strain, Hong Kong cancels Britain flights
The new strain has prompted Britain’s European neighbours and several others including Canada and Iran to close their doors to travellers from the country.
Much is unknown about the strain, but experts said current vaccines should still be effective against it.
Asian nations including Japan and South Korea said they were monitoring the new strain even as they battle a spike in infections at home.
India suspends all flights originating from UK until Dec 31
The ban will come into effect on Wednesday and all passengers arriving from the UK before then will be tested on arrival at airports, the ministry said.
Sensex crashes by 1,407 points as European markets open weaker
The NSE Nifty 50 index ended 3.14% lower at 13,328.40, wiping out six straight sessions of gains up to Friday. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell 3% to 45,553.96.
European shares opened lower at 0800 GMT as investors worried about the economic impact of a new coronavirus strain which has seen several European countries shut their borders to the UK.
Vatican says use of Covid vaccines made from aborted fetal tissue is ethical
A note from the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said the use of such vaccines was permitted as long as there were no alternatives.
3 times increase in number of people using online consultations in India:Report
Visits to secondary care specialists like neurosurgeon, somnologist, cardiologist, and oncologist grew dramatically● 3x increase in the number of people using online consultations
○ 26% of the consultations were with GPs, followed by Dermatology (20%) and Gynecology (16%) and others like Gastroenterology, ENT, and Pediatrics stood at 7% each
○ The fastest-growing health concerns included ophthalmology, ENT, orthopedics, pediatrics, and gastroenterology ○ Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai saw an average of 16x growth in queries for ENT specialization. Non-metros saw the highest growth of 7x in online consultations, as compared to the same period in the previous year
Indian Pharma majors rush to buy covers for developing Covid-19 solutions
The policy provides cover for legal liability arising out of lack of care or negligence resulting in injury or death of the subject participating in the trial,
’Raheja QBE General insurance, has issued 119 `Clinical Trial Liability Insurance’, policies including 53 covers exclusively for developing Covid 19 remedies from April till November 2020.
“Clinical trial premium is more expensive than other liability products. We have taken reinsurance support for this policy;; said Atul Sahay, CMD, New India Assurance..
, ICICI Lombard General Insurance is now getting ready to provide transit cover for transporting Covid -19 vaccine in India, said Sanjay Datta, Chief – Underwriting, Claims, Reinsurance and Actuarial.
BioNTech confident COVID-19 vaccine effective against new UK mutation
Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages in the United Kingdom.
US nurse faints after getting Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shot, recovers
According to a report in AP, Tiffany Dover later explained to reporters afterward that she has a condition that sometimes causes her to faint when she feels pain. After recovering, she said, “It just hit me all of the sudden, I could feel it coming on. I felt a little disoriented but I feel fine now, and the pain in my arm is gone.”
Global stocks, sterling unsettled as new virus strain shuts UK
Analysts at BofA noted a huge $46.4 billion flowed into equities in the latest week, while the outflow from cash was the largest in four months. There were record flows into tech shares and large flows to the consumer sector, healthcare, financials, real estate and value stocks.
BofA chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett said a “sell signal” had been triggered for the first time since February as cash levels declined to 4.0% in the latest Global Fund Manager Survey.