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PM Modi to lay foundation stone for National Institute for One Health in Nagpur today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi With increased interaction between...
Alarming rise in sudden heart attacks among Indians post-Covid, docs worried
"Though we do not have sufficient data and evidence to prove...
China says it must improve hygiene in markets after Beijing outbreak
An Yufa, a professor at China Agricultural University, was cited in the report as saying the markets must follow international practice and implement origin tracing systems as well as documentation on storage, transport and sale.
Pandemic to nearly wipe out growth in developing Asia in 2020 – ADB
Developing Asia, a group of 45 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, is expected to post growth of just 0.1% in 2020, the ADB said in a supplement to its Asian Development Outlook report issued in April, the slowest pace since 1961, before growing 6.2% next year.The updated forecasts show more damage to economies in developing Asia than estimates it released it April, which predicted 2.2% growth for the region in 2020.
COVID-19:Cases in India climb to 3,43,091; death toll 9,900
New Delhi: India registered over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row pushing tally to 3,43,091 on Tuesday, while the death toll rose to 9,900 with 380 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country recorded 10,667...
ICICI Lombard unveils new benefits for Covid-19 policy holders
Mumbai: ICICI Lombard General Insurance, the largest private sector non-life insurance company in the country, has rolled out a host of offerings for its health indemnity customers, in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The additional benefits and...
Without lockdown India’s cases may reach 8,00,000 in a month: University of Michigan study
With lockdowns too costly to continue and the surge of new cases each day too overwhelming to implement the kind of test-and-trace strategy used in South Korea and Germany, India must now focus on limiting casualties while hoping people practice social distancing on their own.
Nigeria’s Swiss Re backed life insurer sees sales surge as Pandemic take hold
“Health workers are demanding it, other state governments and municipalities that didn’t have it before are now looking at it differently,” Leadway Assurance Co. Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Tunde Hassan-Odukale said in an interview in Lagos. “People who were not doing group life insurance before, are now looking at it on a corporate basis.”
Sales of group life policies have jumped 10% this year and the trend is expected to continue with COVID-19 cases in Nigeria still on the rise, he said. This may help to counteract pressure on the firm’s retail business, where individual life policies could be hit by a slowdown in economic activity because of lockdown measures to curb the spread of the disease.
China-backed AIIB approves $750 million loan to India for COVID-19 response
Cofinanced with the Asian Development Bank, the budgetary support will go toward bolstering economic aid for businesses, including for the informal sector, expanding social safety nets for the needy, and strengthening the country’s health care systems.
“Many of the world’s low and middle-income countries are still in the early stages of the health crisis but are already feeling the impacts of the pandemic. This poses an enormous risk for millions across India who have only recently emerged from poverty,” said AIIB Vice President, Investment Operations, D.J. Pandian.
Dexamethasone lowers deaths by one-third in severe Covid-19 patients: Study
“These preliminary results from the RECOVERY trial are very clear –dexamethasone reduces the risk of death among patients with severe respiratory complications,” said Martin Landray, another chief investigator of the trial from the University of Oxford.
India and 12 other nations lead UN initiative to Counter COVID-19 misinformation
The 13 nations co-authored the cross-regional statement, which said that in times of the COVID-19 health crisis, the spread of the infodemic’ can be as dangerous to human health and security as the pandemic itself. Among other negative consequences, COVID-19 has created conditions that enable the spread of disinformation, fake news and doctored videos to foment violence and divide communities.
New India provides Rs 50 lakh Covid-19 covers to 22.12 lakh healthcare workers,settles 6 claims
However, the insurance cover despite being a well-publicised scheme, awareness of the same appearsto be little amongst some of State Nodal Agencies as a substantial number of some 75 claims, lodged till date are outside the purview of the policy on account of either the deceased not being a health worker or the deceased having died of other than corona related ailments, said Atul Sahay CMD, NIA..