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India to get heat waves this year after hottest February on record, to implement “heat-related health action plans
Average maximum temperature in February was 29.54 degrees Celsius,...
General insurers can’t deny covers for Persons with disabilities, HIV/AIDS and Mental Illness: IRDAI
``The insurers are directed to put in place a board approved...
Freeport does a balancing act as world’s biggest gold mine grapples with COVID-19
“We’ve put the priority and the health of our workers and community at the top of our list,” Freeport McMoRan Chief Executive Richard Adkerson told Reuters. “From the outset, we recognized that (Grasberg) was a particularly vulnerable place due to the size of the workforce” of nearly 30,000 people.
Mexico makes nearly $160 million down payment for COVAX vaccine plan
The global health agency’s COVAX Facility is a multilateral initiative running trials on several potential vaccines. The latest payment will allow Mexico to acquire enough doses of a vaccine to immunize up to a fifth of the country’s population of around 125 million people, the foreign ministry said.
Potential Covid-19 vaccines not affected by recent mutations: Report
There had been fears the G-strain, within the main protein on the surface of the virus, would negatively impact on vaccines under development.
“This is good news for the hundreds of vaccines in development around the world, with the majority targeting the spike protein as this binds to the ACE2 receptors in our lungs and airways, which are the entry point to infect cells,” said Professor Seshadri Vasan, who holds an honorary chair in Health Sciences at the University of York.
India reports 73,272 new coronavirus cases, 926 fresh fatalities
For the second day in a row, the number of active COVID-19 cases remained below 9 lakh.
There are 8,83,185 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which make 12.65 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.54 per cent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative 8,57,98,698 samples have been tested up to October 9. As many as 11,64,018 samples were tested on Friday.
U.S., AstraZeneca strike deal for COVID-19 antibody treatment touted by Trump
The treatment has come under the spotlight after Trump was treated with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ antibody drug last week. The president has also released a video on Twitter touting its benefits.
In a call earlier on Friday, a top U.S. health official said the government was expecting to provide more than 1 million free doses of antibody treatments to COVID-19 patients, similar to the one that was administered to Trump.
China joins COVAX initiative for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
The COVAX initiative aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of vaccines by the end of 2021.
China joins some 168 countries that have already announced their participation in COVAX including 76 wealthy, self-financing ones. But neither the United States nor Russia have joined the programme.
Lloyd’s launches new report on cities at risk from global threats
London: Lloyd’s, the world’s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance market, today announced a new report: Cities at risk – Building a resilient future for the world’s urban centres, published in association with Urban Foresight and...
M&M offers free coronavirus insurance plan for Bolero pick-up range
The Free Corona Insurance is a floater health insurance cover for up to Rs 1 lakh that will cover the customer, his/her spouse and up to two of the customer’s children and will remain valid for a period of 9.5 months from the date of purchase of the new vehicle, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) said.
Microsoft to let employees work from home permanently: Report
“The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged all of us to think, live and work in new ways,” Microsoft’s Chief People Officer Kathleen Hogan said in a note to employees obtained by the tech news outlet.
“We will offer as much flexibility as possible to support individual workstyles, while balancing business needs and ensuring we live our culture.”
Maharashtra becomes first state to regulate prices of masks during COVID-19 pandemic
According to the recommendation of the committee, the N-95 mask will be available for around Rs 19 to Rs 50 depending on the type, while the double and triple layer masks will be available for just Rs 3 to 4. The process of deciding on the price fixed by the committee is in the final stage and after the approval of the government, it will be mandatory to sell the masks at the revised rate, said an official release.