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Over 54,000 COVID-19 cases in India in single day,total tally crosses 17 lakh
The recoveries have mounted to 11,45,629, while there are 5,67,730 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has risen to 65.44 per cent while the fatality rate has further dropped to 2.13 pc, the data stated
Death toll climbed to 37,364 with 853 people succumbing to the disease in a day,
WHO suggests Ahmedabad Covid-19 measures as case study:Gujarat govt
The WHO has suggested to take up initiatives in Ahmedabad like ‘Dhanvantari Rath’, 104 fever helpline, Sanjivani Van; and active participation of private hospitals in control and treatment as a case study for other cities in India and abroad, it said.
Moral challenges ahead of developing & distributing a COVID-19 vaccine
The newly published “Ethics and Pandemics,” an anthology edited by philosophy professor Meredith Schwartz of Ryerson University in Toronto, presents contrasting views of academics, doctors and commentators along with a series of impossibly difficult case studies. The scientific, economic and political choices involve moral issues that have divided ethicists for centuries.
U.S.makes deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, deaths expected to rise
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Friday forecast between 168,000 and 182,000 total fatalities by August 22, predicting that deaths will rise fastest in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Washington state.
Coronavirus deaths in the United States are rising at their fastest rate since early June. Roughly one American died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday.
India records highest one-day jump of 57,118 COVID-19 cases; recoveries surge to 10,94,374
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,93,58,659 samples have been tested up to July 31 with 5, 25,689 being tested on Friday
Of the new 764 deaths reported, 265 are from Maharashtra, 97 from Tamil Nadu, 84 from Karnataka, 68 from Andhra Pradesh, 45 from West Bengal, 43 from Uttar Pradesh, 27 from Delhi, 23 from Gujarat, 16 from Punjab, 14 each from Bihar and Telangana, 12 from Jammu and Kashmir and 11 from Rajasthan
Don’t sweat it: Chilean dogs sniff out coronavirus in early stages
Sniffer dogs are best-known for detecting drugs, explosives and people but have also previously been trained to detect other diseases including malaria, cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
SC asks Centre to ensure salaries paid to doctors on time
The court had said, the Central Government shall issue appropriate direction to the Chief Secretary of the States/ Union Territories to ensure that the orders are faithfully complied with, violation of which may be treated as an offence under the Disaster Management Act read with the Indian Penal Code.”
Pandemic will intensify risks for insurers,says EU watchdog
“The COVID-19 has further intensified the pre-existing challenges posed by the prolonged low-yield environment, a fundamental risk for both insurance and pension sectors.”
Financial systems designed in wrong way, Covid-19 has revealed weaknesses:Muhammad Yunus
“COVID has given us a chance to reflect on how big, bold decisions can be taken. It has given us a window of thinking and we have a choice, whether we go to that terrible world which is going to destroy itself anyway or we go someplace else and build a new world where there will be no global warming, no wealth concentration, no unemployment,” the pioneer of micro credit financing said.
‘So far, so good’ on leading COVID vaccine, says AstraZenec
AstraZeneca has already reached deals with countries to make more than 2 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, and says it could be approved by the end of this year.