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WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end COVID emergency
"It is possible that the emergency may end, but it is critical to...
Reliance shareholders, creditors approve demerger of financial services arm
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WHO looks at possible ‘e-vaccination certificates’ for travel
“We are looking very closely into the use of technology in this COVID-19 response, one of them how we can work with member states toward an e-vaccination certificate,” said Siddhartha Datta, Europe’s WHO programme manager for vaccine-preventable diseases, told reporters on a call from Copenhagen.
Pfizer says supply chain challenges contributed to slashed target for COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2020
A company spokeswoman said the “scale-up of the raw material supply chain took longer than expected.
She also cited later-than-expected results from Pfizer’s clinical trial as a reason for the smaller number of doses expected to be produced by the end of 2020.
They don’t need me now’: COVID impact forcing Britons to food banks
“If you look at what’s happened over the last seven months, the queues have got significantly longer, the nature of the guests who are queuing up … it’s changed to families as well as those who were living on the streets,” said Alexander Shahid Khan, a banker who volunteers at a food bank in London.
“So you can definitely see that the effects of COVID has meant there’s a lot of people suffering from income and food poverty at the moment.”
Pandemic,Cyber-attack and Data Fraud remain top risk concerns for India Inc:Marsh/RIMs Study
“Cyber attacks, fraud, weather-related risks and, even, pandemics, have long been identified and prioritized by risk professionals.However, risk professionals’ work must go beyond identifying the impacts of these uncertainties. It is incumbent upon us to highlight opportunities and solutions that support shifts in strategy, strengthen organizational resilience and empower business leaders to make strategic-decisions with confidence. We are proud to present these findings with Marsh and provide the global risk management community with the insight to help elevate their programs.”said Laura Langone,President, RIMS 2020
Coronavirus claims 1.5 million lives globally with 10,000 dying each day
The novel coronavirus caused more deaths in the past year than tuberculosis in 2019 and nearly four times the number of deaths due to malaria, according to the World Health Organisation.
Hackers target groups in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, says IBM
IBM’s cybersecurity unit said it had detected an advanced group of hackers working to gather information about different aspects of the cold chain, using meticulously crafted booby-trapped emails sent in the name of an executive with Haier Biomedical, a Chinese cold chain provider that specializes in vaccine transport and biological sample storage.
IMA calls for strike on Dec 11 over ayurveda surgery move
Stating that the notification by the Central Council of Indian Medicine to allow the legal practice of surgeries by Ayurveda practitioners and the formation of four committees by Niti Aayog for the integration of all systems of medicine will only lead to “mixopathy”, the IMA demanded an immediate withdrawal of both.
The Union government told the Supreme Court that Ayurveda, unani and homoeopathy practitioners can prescribe drugs for prevention of Covid-19 by boosting immunity but cannot claim that their medicines can cure such patients.
Mental health in the workplace, saved by bots and apps?
Seven in 10 employees say this has been the most stressful year of their working lives, according to a report from Workplace Intelligence and Oracle.
For companies, that means the mental-health issues of employees have rocketed from a secondary concern in years past, to a primary one. But making help available, quickly and at scale, is no easy task.
And 68% say that they would prefer interacting with a robot on issues like stress and anxiety, as opposed to a human manager.
On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatment
In her World AIDS Day message, UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima lamented the fact that more than 12 million people are still waiting to get on HIV treatment, while 1.7 million people were infected with HIV in 2019 because of lack of access.
She called on companies to “openly share their technology and know-how and to waive their intellectual property rights” so that the world can produce vaccines, including for Covid-19, at the scale required. There is no vaccine for HIV.
COVID-19 caseload breaches 95-lakh mark,death toll climbs to 1,38,648 with 526 new fatalities
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,73,373 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
The active COVID-19 caseload continued to remain below 5 lakh.There are 4,22,943 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.44 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.