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COVID-19 Pandemic may lead to 95,000 additional TB deaths in India: Study
The modelling study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, estimates at least 110,000 additional deaths from TB in India, China, and South Africa unless health services maintained and strengthened
Patanjali to launch ayurvedic drug for Covid-19, claims cure within 14 days
“We appointed a team of scientists after Covid-19 outbreak. Firstly, the simulation was done and compounds were identified which can fight the virus and stop its spread in the body. Then, we conducted a clinical case study on hundreds of positive patients and we have got 100 per cent favourable results,” Balkrishna said.
Coronavirus cases in India climb to 4,40,215, nearly 11,000 recoveries in single day
During the last 24 hours, a total of 10,994 COVID-19 patients have recovered, taking the recovery rate to around 56.38 per cent amongst coronavirus infected patients, an official said.
Of the 312 fresh fatalities reported till Tuesday morning, 113 were from Maharashtra, 58 from Delhi, 37 from Tamil Nadu, 21 from Gujarat, 19 from Uttar Pradesh, 14 from West Bengal, 9 from Haryana, seven each from Rajasthan and Telangana, six from Madhya Pradesh, five each from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, three from Jammu and Kashmir, two each from Bihar and Punjab and one each from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Odisha and Uttarakhand.
Global coronavirus cases top 9 million as outbreak surges in Brazil, India
In the United States, which has about 120,000 deaths, cases are rising again after declining for more than a month and wearing a mask is not mandatory in most states.
Insurers can now offer short-term Covid-19 policies:IRDAI
Short term policies may be issued for a minimum term of three months to a maximum term of eleven months.In between three months and eleven months, the policy term should be in multiples of completed months, said IRDAI.
Fearing second COVID-19 wave, Europe aims to train ‘army’ of medics
“We need a healthcare army,” said Maurizio Cecconi, president-elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), which brings together medics from around the world who work in wards with extremely ill patients.
China’s annual dog-meat fair opens; activists hope for last time
The coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in horseshoe bats before crossing into humans in a market in the city of Wuhan, has forced China to reassess its relationship with animals, and it has vowed to ban the wildlife trade.
In April, Shenzhen became the first city in China to ban the consumption of dogs, with others expected to follow.
India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699
The country crossed the four lakh-mark on Sunday eight days after recording three lakh COVID-19 cases and has witnessed a surge of 2,34,747 infections from June 1 till 22.India registered over 10,000 cases for the 11th day in a row
The number of recoveries also continued to surge with 2,37,195 patients cured so far, while there were 1,74,387 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am.One patient has migrated
China bans some US hen, shuts Pepsi plant to struggle coronavirus
Officials on Friday additionally introduced a nationwide marketing campaign to examine all contemporary merchandise coming from “high-risk countries” following stories of recent virus clusters at crops in Germany and the US.
Insurers need to be flexible with customers following unemployment spikes,says GlobalData
“Insurers need to be flexible with their customers in order to reduce the impact of rising unemployment. Payment holidays can help for a limited time period. Insurers should also be flexible and allow their customers to adjust their level of cover to one that is more affordable for them. The development of usage-based policies and short-term, on-demand policies with lower premiums will also help insurers retain some of their customers during difficult times, said Yasha Kuruvilla, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData