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Global coronavirus death toll hits 200,000
The true number of fatalities is expected to be higher as many countries have not included deaths recorded in nursing homes and other locations outside hospitals.
Covid-19:SAARC nations unveil emergency stimulus packages
The Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association has said that orders worth about USD 3.2 billion were cancelled or suspended, affecting over 2.3 million workers. The textile sector, a major forex earner, directly employs more than 4.5 million people, mostly women.
Sanofi says Coronavirus vaccine question Isn’t when, but how much
Sanofi is working with rival GlaxoSmithKline Plc to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus, racing against other pharma giants such as Johnson & Johnson as well as nimbler biotechs such as Moderna Inc. Most of them aim to deliver a shot sometime next year.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 824, cases climb to 26,496: Health Ministry
The death toll increased by 45 and the number of cases has gone up by 1,554 since the ministry last updated its data on Saturday evening,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted people to shun complacency on the assumption that the pandemic will not affect them as it has so far not spread to areas they work or live in, saying “we have to continue being careful and taking the right precautions”. Addressing his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme, he also said that India’s fight against the novel coronavirus has become people-driven wherein every citizen is playing his or her part
‘No move to reduce retirement age of govt employees’: MoS Jitendra Singh
Earlier, the Union Finance Ministry decided to not roll out any increment in the dearness allowance (DA) for its 1.13 crore government employees and pensioners’ at current levels in view of the coronavirus crisis which has put the economy under stress. The hold on DA hike will remain till July 2021.
Health secy Sudan gets 3-month extension, Tarun Bajaj appointed DEA Secretary
Tarun Bajaj, Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, will be the new Department of Economic Affairs Secretary.A few years back,Bajaj was joint secretary, Insurance, Ministry of Finance.
More coronaviruses looming large: Words of caution from China’s ‘bat woman’
What is worrying is that China is not the only “hot spot” from where such a future outbreak could originate, said the report, adding that other major emerging economies, such as India, Nigeria and Brazil, are also at high risk.
Beijing bans ‘uncivilised’ behaviour to improve public hygiene amid coronavirus
Fines for littering, spitting and defecation in public were upped to a maximum of 200 yuan (S$40), from a previous upper limit of 50 yuan.
In the past, these regulations were enforced in a patchy way and the habits have not been stamped out completely.
Airlines to suffer USD11.2 billion revenue loss, 2.9 million jobs at risk: IATA
Conrad Clifford, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Asia-Pacific.identified India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand as priority countries that need to take action. In India, passenger demand in 2020 is estimated to fall by 47 per cent to 89.7 million.
Covid-19 Pandemic:U.S. death toll tops 51,000, Britain nears grim milestone of 20,000
The death toll from COVID-19 in hospitals across the United Kingdom increased on Friday by 684 in 24 hours to 19,506.Passing the 20,000 mark will be an uncomfortable moment for the government, whose Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said on March 17 that keeping the toll under that number would be “a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get.”