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India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 14-lakh mark with record single-day spike of 49,931 cases
The country’s death toll rose to 32,771 with 708 fatalities being recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed
Second wave of coronavirus in Asia prompts fresh lockdowns
While much of Asia is reimposing lockdowns and other curbs on movement, India continues to ease restrictions despite a relentless rise in infections. India has a total of 1.4 million cases, behind only the United States and Brazil.
Majority consider health insurance cover as a necessity in post-COVID era,says survey
“COVID-19 has brought a paradigm shift in people’s mindset. Coronavirus has led to an increased awareness amongst people about the importance and benefits of health insurance during a pandemic situation like COVID-19. There has been a remarkable shift in the mindset of people before and after COVID-19, as earlier only 10 percent people were interested in purchasing,” as per the survey done by the private sector health insurer.
Travel bans cannot be indefinite,countries must fight virus at home – WHO
“…It is going to be almost impossible for individual countries to keep their borders shut for the foreseeable future. Economies have to open up, people have to work, trade has to resume,” WHO emergencies programme head Mike Ryan said.
Due to ‘right decisions taken at right time’ India better placed in COVID-19 fight: PM Modi
Prime Minister Modi said it was imperative for the country to develop corona-specific health infrastructure at a fast pace and pointed out that this was the reason that the Centre had announced a package of Rs 15,000 crore at the beginning of the COVID-19 battle
Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe
Europe has yet to lift bans on travellers from several countries, including the United States, where premature reopenings have led to record numbers of infections and deaths in many states.
India’s COVID-19 tally climbs to 13,85,522,death toll rises to 32,063
“The way we have fought coronavirus is really appreciable. Our fatality rate is much less than most other countries. We were able to save the lives of lakhs of people, but we have to remember that the coronavirus is still as dangerous as it was in the beginning, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. in his monthly radio programme called ‘Mann Ki Baat’.The COVID-19 death toll in the country rose to 32,063 with 705 fatalities being recorded in?a day, the data updated at 8 am showedThere are 4,67,882?active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.Thus, around 63.92 per cent people have recovered so far
Won’t lift lockdown just to address economic concerns:Maha CM Thackeray
“Many people are opposing lockdown. They say that lockdown is affecting the economy. To such people, I would say that I am ready to lift the lockdown, but if people die due to it, would you take the responsibility?…Even we are concerned about the economy,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.
On the restarting of the suburban railway network in Mumbai, he said, “What if families fall ill and their houses are sealed? Therefore, everything would be done step-by-step.”
Nurses dealing with non-COVID patients cannot be covered under Centre”s insurance scheme:Delhi HC
“If more persons have to be included, budget of the scheme will be affected. Therefore, it is a policy decision to be taken by the respondent (Centre) whether to include other nurses or not,” the Delhi HC said, adding that “this court will be slow to interfere with a policy decision”.
Shadow of second wave of the virus spoils world leaders’ efforts to restore normality
From Italy to New Zealand, irrespective of how well the virus was contained, governments acknowledge that fresh waves of the deadly coronavirus are likely and that the policy tools to mitigate the damage are limited.The hope is that localizing quarantines to towns, cities and regions will be enough to snuff out bouts of infections as they come.