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Nokia’s COVID detection system automatically scans for temperature, mask
The Finnish company has been using the system in its factory in Chennai, India, for two months and has screened more than 200,000 people in that facility.
The factory, which was closed for some time to comply with Indian regulations following the coronavirus outbreak, has more than 1,000 employees.
Over the past three decades, India has gained 10 years in life expectancy: Lancet study
“In India maternal mortality used to be very high, but now it is coming down. Cardiovascular diseases used to be number five, and now it is number one, and cancer rates are increasing,” Mokdad, Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), said.
Coronavirus vaccine candidate from China’s CNBG shows promise in human test, study shows
However, whether the shot can safely protect people from the COVID-19 disease that has killed more than 1 million people worldwide will only become clear when final Phase III trials – which are ongoing outside China – are complete.
Most executives in India prefer continuing with remote working: Survey
“Seventy-four per cent of India”s executives said their business continues to use offline workflows, the lowest among all other countries surveyed (US 89 per cent, UK 98 per cent, Australia 98 per cent),” said ServiceNow Managing Director (India and SAARC) Arun Balasubramanian.
The survey was conducted during September 1-10 among 900 C-suite executives and 8,100 office professionals from companies of 500 or more employees in countries including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, India, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
In India, The Work Survey was conducted amoung 100 C-suite leaders and 1,000 employees from various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications and public sector.
Delhi residents worry about toxic mix of pollution, COVID-19
The Air Quality Index (AQI) has remained in the “very poor” category all week due to slowing wind speeds that allow deadly pollutants such as PM2.5 particles to remain suspended in the air.“Air pollution will weaken the respiratory tract, lung functions will be compromised. The probability of catching COVID-19 would increase substantially,” said Vivek Nangia, principal director and head, Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi.
Second sovereign downgrade wave coming, major nations at risk: S&P Global
The rating agency has already downgraded or cut the outlooks on nearly 60 countries this year, but only relatively few have been higher-rated richer nations.
With some though piling on 15-20 points of debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) – amounts that would normally take four or five years to accumulate – and locked into higher spending for the next 3-5 years, that could be about to change.
COVID-19 has resulted in largest global economic contraction in 80 years, say World Bank and IMF
The associated lockdowns, restrictions and continued uncertainty have caused investments, trade, and remittance flows to plummet, eroded jobs and human capital, kept children out of school, and pressured food and medical supply chains, it said.
The monetary institutions warned that the humanitarian crisis can further exacerbate fragility, conflict, and violence as well as intensify risks, including in small island states. The economic crisis is threatening the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable populations, including women-led households, youth and the elderly, refugees and displaced people.
Oxford scientists develop five-minute COVID-19 antigen test
“Our method quickly detects intact virus particles,” said Professor Achilles Kapanidis, at Oxford’s Department of Physics, adding that this meant the test would be “simple, extremely rapid, and cost-effective”.
Rapid antigen tests are seen as key in rolling out mass-testing and re-opening economies while the coronavirus is still circulating, and those that are already in use are faster and cheaper but less accurate than existing molecular PCR tests.
IMF data shows pandemic will push China GDP growth well beyond US
Extreme poverty is set to rise for the first time in more than two decades, and persistent output losses imply a major setback to living standards versus the pre-pandemic days, the IMF said.“The poor are getting poorer with close to 90 million people expected to fall into extreme deprivation this year,” said Gopinath.
Health insurance premiums have risen by only 5%:IRDAI
“I would suggest that voluntary disclosures be made by all the hospitals and health providers so that public will chose looking at disclosures given by each hospitals where they would like to go and performance indicators might be also disclosed,” added SC Khuntia, chairman, IRDAI,.