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“Nineteen states and UTs are performing more than 140 tests per day per million population. Just doing tests is not enough, they have to be done at a level of 140 tests per day per million so that the rate of positivity reduces and comes down to 10 per cent first and then continue the testing process so that the rate of positivity further reduces to 5 per cent or lower,” he said

Double-shot coronavirus vaccine tests raise new pandemic challenge for the world

Jul 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic

Vaccine experts have warned that the first shots to gain approval against Covid-19 might not be the most effective or efficient. In fact, history shows two doses is a more likely scenario. Almost all standard vaccines are multiple-shot regimens, according to Tony Moody, an immunologist at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute.

U.S.accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree for COVID-19 data, defense secrets

Jul 21, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology

As early as Jan. 27, as the coronavirus outbreak was coming into focus, the hackers were trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research of an unidentified Massachusetts biotech firm,

“Corona Kavach”can now be offered as a group policy:IRDAI

Jul 21, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic

t will also be extremely useful for various categories of frontline workers as groups. In case the group consists entirely of doctors, nurses or healthcare workers, a discount of 5% will also be available as a mark of recognition of their contribution in fighting the society’s battle against Covid-19. The group policy can provide protection to a large number of employees engaged in manufacturing, services, SMEs, MSMEs, logistics sector, migrant workers and bring peace of mind to them, their family members and the employers.

First human trial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

Jul 20, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic

Researchers said the vaccine caused minor side effects more frequently than a control group, but some of these could be reduced by taking paracetamol, with no serious adverse events from the vaccine.

Record single-day spike of 40,425 COVID-19 cases; India’s tally crosses 11 lakh

Jul 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic

The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalities reported in one day.India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 11-lakh mark, just three days after it crossed the ten-lakh mark.According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,40,47,908 samples have been tested up to July 19 with 2,56,039 samples being tested on Sunday.Of the 681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 258 were reported from Maharashtra, 91 from Karnataka, 78 from Tamil Nadu, 56 from Andhra Pradesh, 38 from Uttar Pradesh, 36 from West Bengal, 31 from Delhi, 20 from Gujarat and 15 from Madhya Pradesh.

Corona Kavach health insurance policy evokes good response: Insurers

Jul 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic

“The response has been tremendous as people are quite eager to buy these plans. Since these plans have gone live on the PolicyBazaar’s website, the company has been selling 300-500 policies per day,” said Amut Chhabra, Head-Health Insurance, Policybazaar.com.

Most customers buying these plans are young individuals, he said, adding that “the policies are very much affordable like Rs 208 monthly, which is a fairly cheap amount.” Observing that the response to the Corona Kavach is from across the country, he said, the policy is “following the same trend as the corona situation right now in the country with people from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi NCR showing massive interest in the newly launched plans”.

Covid-19 spread may spike in monsoon with fall in mercury: IIT-AIIMS study

Jul 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic

According to the study,there is a likelihood of an increased transmission of the coronavirus during winter,which may be a major challenge for health workers and policymakers to enforce mitigation and control measures.

COVID crisis: Survey says 55.1% households had only two meals a day

Jul 19, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic

“Women and children are usually the worst affected in any disaster. The COVID-19 crisis is proving to be no different. It is causing cascading damage to poor and vulnerable children — through stretched health services, inadequate medical supplies, higher risk of violence & exploitation, minimal access to education and lower intake of nutritious food stemming from the severe drop in income levels in families,” said Cherian Thomas, Regional Leader, World Vision International, South Asia and Pacific region.