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China’s economic activity at slowest since 2020 as Covid-19 spreads
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HCQ,chloroquine have no antiviral effect against any coronavirus:Studies
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine,two drugs,commonly used for the treatment of malaria, have been investigated for their potential to treat Covid-19 in more than 80 registered clinical trials, and have been shown to inhibit the novel coronavirus,SARS-COV-2 infection in cell cultures, the scientists said.
EU makes world’s biggest ‘green recovery’ pledge – but will it hit the mark?
The money represents a 30% share of a mammoth package, comprising a 1.074 trillion euro EU budget for 2021-27 and a 750 billion euro coronavirus recovery fund. Leaders also agreed that even those parts of the overall package not specifically earmarked for climate spending must “do no harm” to the EU’s goal to become climate neutral by 2050.
Don’t expect first Covid-19 vaccinations until early 2021, says WHO expert
WHO is working hard to ensure fair distribution of the vaccines, but in the meantime it is key to suppress the spread of the coronavirus, said Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO’s emergencies programme, as daily new cases around the globe are at near-record levels.
ICICI Lombard partners with Phone Pe to offer Hospital Daily Cash benefit
It is a customized hospitalization policy that allows PhonePe users to get an assured amount if they are hospitalized due to injury or illnesses including COVID-19. The biggest benefit of this product is that hospital bills are not required for the claim. A Discharge Certificate would be sufficient in most cases for the claim processing. The cover can be availed in less than 2 minutes as the process is quite simple and customers can view their policy documents instantly on the app.
Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million
The top five countries with the most cases is rounded out by Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa. But, the Reuters tally shows the disease is accelerating the fastest in the Americas, which account for more than half the world’s infections and half its deaths.
Globally, the rate of new infections shows no sign of slowing, according to the Reuters tally, based on official reports.
After the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan, China, in early January, it took about 15 weeks to reach 2 million cases. By contrast, it took just eight days to climb above 15 million from the 13 million reached on July 13.
PM Modi seeks US investments in Indian healthcare,agri,insurance & clean energy sectors
“India invites you to invest in finance and insurance. India has raised FDI cap for investment in insurance to 49%. Now 100% FDI is permitted for investment in insurance intermediaries,” he said.
He said that reforms in many sectors like agriculture, medicine, energy, space, aviation and others have made them attractive destination for investment. FDI limit in sectors like Defence was increased.
Opportunities in technology also include opportunities in the frontier technologies of 5G, Big data analytics, Quantum computing, Block-chain and Internet of things
Single-day spike of 37,148 COVID-19 cases; India’s tally rises to 11,55,191
There are 4,02,529 active cases of the coronavirus infection currently in the country, while 7,24,577 people have recovered till now. Thus, 62.72 per cent people have recovered so far.
This is the sixth consecutive day when COVID-19 cases increased by more than 30,000.
Wave of promising study results raises hopes for coronavirus vaccines
“It’s encouraging that all these vaccines seem to induce antibodies in people,” said former World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director-general Marie-Paule Kieny of the French research institute Inserm. “This proves that the science is moving forward very quickly, which is a good sign.”
U.S.companies fear workplace coronavirus precautions do not address airborne risk
Neal Mills,chief medical officer at healthcare benefits group Aon, began fielding questions last week about the WHO’s decision to investigate aerosol transmission, and said employers were slowing the return of remote workers back to their offices.
“They are doing due diligence around how are you going to reduce the transmission of the virus in light of the proposed aerosol nature of COVID-19,” Mills said.
N-95 masks with valved respirators ineffective against Covid-19, says govt
“It is to bring to your knowledge that the use of valved respirator N-95 masks is detrimental to the measures adopted for preventing the spread of coronavirus as it does not prevent the virus from escaping out of the mask. In view of the above, I request you to instruct all concerned to follow the use of face/mouth cover and prevent inappropriate use of N-95 masks,” DGHS Rajiv Garg said in the letter.