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"The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing...
Proposed amendments to insurance laws may lead to disputes in health claims, misappropriation: Unions
The employee unions are also opposed to the idea of insurers...
Unlock 2: Schools,cinemas to remain shut;domestic flight, train services to be expanded
Can’t expect poor patients to give proof for free treatment: Bombay HC
The court on Friday was hearing a plea filed by seven residents of a slum rehabilitation building in Bandra, who had been charged Rs 12.5 lakh by K J Somaiya Hospital for COVID-19 treatment between April 11 and April 28.
The bench of Justices Ramesh Dhanuka and Madhav Jamdar directed the hospital to deposit Rs 10 lakh in the court.
The petitioners had borrowed money and managed to pay Rs 10 lakh out of Rs 12.5 lakh that the hospital had demanded, after threatening to halt their discharge if they failed to clear the bill, counsel Vivek Shukla informed the court.
Covid 19 Pandemic:Deaths top half a million,one person dying in every 18 seconds in June
While the overall rate of death has flattened in recent weeks, health experts have expressed concerns about record numbers of new cases in countries like the United States, India and Brazil, as well as new outbreaks in parts of Asia.
About one-quarter of all the deaths so far have been in the United States, the Reuters data shows. The recent surge in cases have been most pronounced in a handful of Southern and Western states that reopened earlier and more aggressively.
The number of cases in Latin America on Sunday surpassed those diagnosed in Europe, making the region the second most affected by the pandemic, after North America.
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organisation.
COVID-19 Pandemic: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike
New Delhi: India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally to 5,28,859, while the?death toll rose to?16,095,?according to the Union Health Ministry data The data updated at 8 am showed 19,906...
Maha lockdown: Uddhav says curbs will continue after June 30
The unlock process, dubbed Mission Begin Again by the state government, is being gradually implemented to put the economy back on track, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in his address.
Thackeray said there will be some restrictions in the state after June 30 but more relaxations will be offered gradually.
Japanese startup creates ‘connected’ face mask for coronavirus new normal
The white plastic “c-mask” fits over standard face masks and connects via Bluetooth to a smartphone and tablet application that can transcribe speech into text messages, make calls, or amplify the mask wearer’s voice.
“We worked hard for years to develop a robot and we have used that technology to create a product that responds to how the coronavirus has reshaped society,” said Taisuke Ono, the chief executive of Donut Robotics.
Coronavirus traces found in March 2019 sewage sample, Spanish study shows
Albert Bosch, who is president of the Spanish Society of Virologists,said that an early detection even in January could have improved the response to the pandemic. Instead, patients were probably misdiagnosed with common flu, contributing to community transmission before measures were taken.
Coronavirus cases in India cross 500,000 as big cities reel from surge
The COV-IND-19 study group, led by Bhramar Mukherjee, a biostatistics professor from the University of Michigan, forecasts that India could see between 770,000 and 925,000 cases by July 15.
Covid-19 Pandemic: $30 bn needed to develop tests, treatments, vaccines,says WHO
Renewing its call on Friday for global collaboration against the pandemic, it said $3.4 billion had been contributed for the coalition to date, leaving a funding gap of $27.9 billion. Of that, $13.7 billion was “urgently needed”.
The WHO is working with a large coalition of drug-development, funding and distribution organisations under what it calls the ACT-Accelerator Hub.
The initiative is intended to develop and deliver 500 million Covid-19 tests and 245 million courses of new treatment for the disease to low- and middle-income countries by mid-2021, it said in a statement.