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Lockdown will no longer help in Covid-19 fight: Virologist Shahid Jameel
“We reached community transmission a long time ago. It’s just that the health authorities are not admitting it. Even ICMR’s own study of SARI (severe acute respiratory illness) showed that about 40 per cent of those who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 did not have any history of overseas travel or contact to a known case. If this is not community transmission, then what is?” he posed.
British companies to pay 20-30% of furloughed employees’ wages
in what may come as a major relief to businesses, the Indian government has withdrawn its order directing employers to pay wages to workers, even with units remaining shut during lockdown.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued a fresh set of guidelines repealing the order dated March 29, 2020 which had talked about compulsory wage payment to workers during lockdown.
UK’s Aviva expects COVID-19-related claims of nearly $200 Million
Aviva said on Thursday the “vast majority” of its commercial policies did not cover business interruption claims arising from COVID-19, but it had paid some claims in Britain and Canada where cover was in place.
UK insurers,banks prepare for return to office of the future
And while the 330-year-old Lloyds of London insurance market does not plan to reopen its underwriting floor before August, 40-50 “pathfinders” may start returning from June, its Chief Executive John Neal said.
Spike in cyber crimes amidst lockdown: Maha home minister
He said that there has been “a big rise” in crimes like spreading provocative content, rumours and objectionable posts against women and creating communal divide using social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
First COVID-19 vaccine human trial finds it is safe, induces immune response
However, the scientists, including those from the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology in China said further research is needed to confirm whether the vaccine protects against SARS-COV-2 infection.
“These results represent an important milestone. The trial demonstrates that a single dose of the new adenovirus type 5 vectored COVID-19 (Ad5-nCoV) vaccine produces virus-specific antibodies and T cells in 14 days,” said study co-author Wei Chen from the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology.
Record jump in COVID-19 cases,137 more deaths
More than 70 percent of the deaths are due to comorbidities, according to the ministry website.
The highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 44,582 followed by Tamil Nadu at 14,753, Gujarat at 13,268 and Delhi at 12,319.
RBI slashes repo rate by 40 bps,says GDP growth in negative territory in 2020-21
The RBI also extended the moratorium on payment of loans by another three months till August to provide much-needed relief to borrowers whose income has been hit due to the coronavirus crisis.
Maha fixes price cap on pvt hospitals treating COVID-19 cases
Non-government health care providers in Maharashtra have been asked to accommodate maximum number of patients with 80 per cent of the operational bed capacity to be regulated by rates sanctioned by the government.
COVID-19 death toll climbs to 3,583 in India
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 66,330, while 48,533 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.