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“Country’s Covid positivity rate declining week-on-week…” Health Ministry
The average daily cases during the week ending December 21, India...
Research shows significant cardiovascular benefits at 6,000 daily walking steps at any pace
The meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from...
Bollywood wakes up to Covid-19 risks,Taapsee Pannu’s Looop Lapeta can be first film to be covered
“For instance, a crew member tests positive, the entire movie crew might have to be possibly quarantined. In that case, the producers will be covered from the money they are spending on days lost,” film’s producers Atul Kasbekar said.
COVID-19 pandemic plunges working world into crisis – ILO
“Let’s be clear: it’s not a choice between health or jobs and the economy. They are interlinked: we will either win on all fronts or fail on all fronts,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an ILO summit that will be addressed by dozens of heads of state and government via recorded messages.
Masks,disinfectant,social distancing:Japan responds to disaster amid coronavirus
“We kept saying, ‘Check your hazard map,’” said Masako Yoneda of the Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction, which issued an urgent warning on the topic in May. “But still, there are people who don’t check.”
Travelers are venturing out again but avoiding planes, international trips, survey shows
Survey showed.About 51% of people in North America and Latin America plan to book trips in the next six months, compared with 38% in Asia and Europe, according to the survey by software maker Oracle Corp.,Travelers want to stay close to home, preferring to drive and to avoid international trips.
IRDAI forms panel to explore possibility of an “Indian Pandemic Risk Pool”, to address BI risks arising out of a Pandemic event
There is a need to examine long-term solutions to address the various risks which have been triggered by the current pandemic and offer protection in case of a future similar crisis.Some of the risks like Business Interruption losses without concurrent material damage loss,loss of employment would result in huge losses much beyond the capacity of government /insurers /reinsurers, said IRDAI.
The panel will examine the the need for setting up a Pandemic Risk Pool giving rationale for the same,recommend the structure and operating model for the Pool within eight weeks. .
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 7-lakh mark
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally raced past the seven-lakh mark on Tuesday after a single-day spike of 22,252 infections, five days after crossing the six-lakh post, while the death toll breached the 20,000 mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. It...
Insurers can now offer mandatory Arogya Sanjeevani Policy without Rs 5 lakh cap in sum assured: IRDAI
Hyderabad:: The insurance regulator IRDAI has now allowed the general and health insurers to offer mandatory,“Arogya Sanjeevani Policy” for a minimum sum insured of less than Rs.1 lakh and maximum sum assured of above Rs 5 lakhs . According to the...
Unite human,animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic: UN Report
The report identifies seven trends driving the increasing emergence of zoonotic diseases, including increased demand for animal protein; a rise in intense and unsustainable farming; the increased use and exploitation of wildlife; and the climate crisis. The report finds that Africa in particular, which has experienced and responded to a number of zoonotic epidemics including most recently, to Ebola outbreaks, could be a source of important solutions to quell future outbreaks.
WHO acknowledges ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne spread of COVID-19
Speaking at Tuesday’s briefing in Geneva, Benedetta Allegranzi, the WHO’s technical lead for infection prevention and control, said there was evidence emerging of airborne transmission of the coronavirus, but that it was not definitive.
“…The possibility of airborne transmission in public settings – especially in very specific conditions, crowded, closed, poorly ventilated settings that have been described, cannot be ruled out,” she said.
COVID-19 cases hit 5.9 million in Americas, half in Latin America, Caribbean: WHO
Some of Latin America’s most persistent problems have contributed to the scale of the pandemic in the region, Etienne said: inequality, political division and health systems that have been weakened by years of under-investment.