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Global health agencies fear wealthier countries will go it alone on Covid-19 vaccines
“There is a risk that some countries are doing exactly what we feared – which is every man for himself,” said Gayle Smith, former head of the US Agency for International Development and CEO of the One Campaign, a non-profit aimed at ending poverty and preventable disease.
Indian mortality protection gap hits $16.5 trillion in 2019:Swiss Re study
Swiss Re has suggested that Indian life insurers should provide comprehensive rather than pure life products, bundle life cover with other small premium riders, such as accident, medical reimbursement and long-term care, simplify product design for better consumer understanding, sell or distribute simple bundled products through digital channel and use agent for more complex and expensive policies with savings element.
More S.African insurers yield to customer demands to pay COVID BI claims
The FSCA and the Prudential Authority, which oversees the strength of the financial-services industry, last week struck a deal with insurers to consider once-off payments to help keep customers afloat, while courts decide whether insurers are correctly interpreting the terms of contracts.
In Mumbai’s slums,over half of population probably infected with coronavirus,survey says
Suresh Kakani, an official at Mumbai’s civic body, said the results of the serological survey showed that the city may be inching towards herd immunity.
Around 65% of Mumbai’s 12 million people live in the cramped, airless slums, making for easy transmission of the disease. The survey found that only 16% of those living outside the slums had been exposed to the virus, the low proportion likely the result of social distancing and lockdowns.
About 57% of slum-dwellers have tested positive for antibodies for the coronavirus, from a random sample size of 7,000 people, according to the survey jointly conducted by Mumbai’s municipality, government think tank Niti Aayog and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
World Bank’s IFC to launch $4 billion medical supply financing platform
The World Health Organization estimates that worldwide demand for critical healthcare products, including masks and ventilators, now exceeds supply by more than $60 billion annually.
Covid-19 fatality rate declining progressively, total recoveries 9.88 lakh:Health Ministry
“Not only has the CFR been kept low, but successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardised clinical management protocols based on a holistic standard of care approach have in tandem resulted in a consistent trend of more than 30,000 recoveries per day for the sixth consecutive day,” the health ministry said.
Moderna’s vaccine protects monkeys against COVID-19,study finds
This is the first time an experimental COVID-19 vaccine tested in nonhuman primates has been shown to produce such rapid viral control in the upper airway, the researchers noted.
S.Africa’s Santam to pay $60 mln as BI claims ti virus-hit firms within months:CEO
Regulator the Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) said last week that the main South African insurers involved would offer clients relief payments to help see them through, though some businesses or their law firms raised concerns including about how long it would take to pay out the money.
Study finds heart inflammations in recently recovered Covid-19 patients
Researchers said the reported symptoms were independent of preexisting conditions, severity and overall course of the acute illness, and time from the original diagnosis.
Prudential partners PAI Health to measure physical activity on digital health app,Pulse
PAI Health services will be available to Pulse users across 11 markets in Asia.
Nic Nicandrou, chief executive of Prudential Corporation Asia, said, “It has never been a more important time than now to help people build health resilience and boost immunity by adopting a more active lifestyle. Through Pulse, we are committed to providing leading technology, content and services to help people live healthier lives. We are excited to add PAI Health’s programme to our platform and provide new actionable heart health insights to users, so we can help them live healthy and well, for longer.”