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That bodes well for the insurance industry, which had feared a Democratic sweep would allow progressives to reprise regulations introduced after the 2008-2009 financial crisis and push a disruptive healthcare overhaul.
Health insurance stocks jumped on Wednesday, as fears of a dramatic change faded. The S&P 500 managed care index .SPLRCHMO rose 9.8% as investors and insurance trade groups cheered an expected Republican hold on the Senate.
India sees early vaccine launch as AstraZeneca deliveries run late
An Indian government-backed vaccine could be launched as early as February – months earlier than expected – as last-stage trials begin this month and studies have so far showed it is safe and effective, a senior government scientist told Reuters.
Bharat Biotech, a private company that is developing COVAXIN with the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had earlier hoped to launch it only in the second quarter of next year.
Poor public risk management led to higher Covid-19 Pandemic losses and P&C market exposure:Denis Kessler
Denis Kessler, chairman and chief executive officer of SCOR said that this is the biggest surprise of the crisis because it’s the opposite of what, broadly speaking, had been anticipated and modelled for pandemic risk. While the industry was certainly not unaware of pandemic threat, it failed to accurately anticipate the lines it would impact most severely
High recovery keep active COVID-19 cases in India below 6 lakh
The Health ministry further said 76 per cent of the new cases of COVID-19 were from 10 states and UTs, with Kerala and Delhi having contributed the maximum of more than 6,000 cases each. Maharashtra had over 4,000 new cases in a day.
As many as 514 fatalities have been reported in a a day. Of these, nearly 80 per cent were concentrated in 10 states and UTs with Maharashtra reporting the maximum 120 deaths.
India’s COVID-19 fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent, with 21 states and UTs have deaths per million lower than the national average, the ministry said.
Nearly 2 crore people in Karnataka were COVID-19 infected, says govt survey
The survey also found that the infection fatality rate due to COVID-19 was 0.05 per cent. “Out of 7.07 crore estimated population in Karnataka, the study estimates that 1.93 crore (27.3 per cent) of the people are either currently infected or already had the infection in the past, as of 16 September 2020,” the report said.
Britain prepares for COVID-19 vaccine as Oxford forecasts result this year
The National Health Service (NHS) in England is preparing to start distributing possible COVID-19 vaccines before Christmas in case one is ready by the end of the year.
20 per cent COVID-19 patients only show gastrointestinal symptoms: Study
Those signs include inflammation of the small and large bowel, air within the bowel wall (pneumatosis) and bowel perforation (pneumoperitoneum), the researchers said.
The signs are quite rare, and could indicate patients with advanced disease, they said.
Airlines can operate maximum 60% of pre-COVID domestic flights until February 24 next year:Govt
Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in the country since March 23 due to the pandemic. However, special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral air bubble pacts signed with various countries since July.
Japan property funds feel pinch as Tokyo population drops amid pandemic
But data from the Tokyo metropolitan government shows the city’s population dropped by around 10,700 in October to 13.971 million, its fourth decline in five months.
“We have expected Tokyo’s daytime population to shrink over time but we did not think such a change would take place that quickly,” said Kazufumi Takeuchi, senior analyst at UBS.
Unicorn India Ventures invests in AI driven Insuretech startup Fedo
Fedo, founded in 2017 by Prasanth Madavana and Arun Mallavarapu, is spearheading the next generation of Artificial Intelligence powered health insurance insights with partners around the globe bringing together a unique understanding of health risks and the required coverage combined with industry knowledge across three continents.