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Too soon to call end to COVID-19 emergency, GAVI chief says
A World Health Organization (WHO) body meets every few months to...
Study discovers secrets of a good night’s sleep
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US expects insurers to cover COVID vaccine without copays
Health insurers cover vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. They’re considered a preventive service, and the Affordable Care Act requires insurers cover them at no charge to patients. A range of screening tests, immunizations and birth control for women are already covered under the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. However, the Trump administration is pressing the courts to overturn Obamacare as unconstitutional.
World’s largest coronavirus facility with 10,000 beds coming up in Delhi
The arrangements come in the backdrop of the sudden spurt in the Covid-19 cases in the national capital. Delhi has a total of 44,688 cases and 1,837 people have succumbed to the disease.
Non-payment of salaries to medics a criminal offence: Govt to inform states
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah asked the Centre to issue necessary directions to states and Union Territories, and sought a compliance report in four weeks.
The top court noted that non-adherence to the Centre’s direction by states will be treated as an offence under the Disaster Management Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Suspended website promoting e-pharmacies on Aarogya Setu app, Centre informs HC
The Centre’s submission came on a plea seeking to de-link from Aarogya Setu mobile app, the website — www.aarogyasetumitr.in — as it was acting as a marketing tool for e-pharmacies only.
WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after ‘great news’ in drug study
Although the dexamethasone study’s results are preliminary, the researchers behind the project said it suggests the drug should immediately become standard care in severely stricken patients.
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.