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AIIMS Delhi to create database, mechanism for cross-referrals with other govt hospitals
AIIMS Director M Srinivas launched the 'AIIMS Main Hospital...
Covid-19 Pandemic:Confirmed cases cross 40,000,1,323 dead,record 2,644 new cases detected in last 24 hours
In a significant milestone in its fight against the novel Coronavirus,India has completed over 1 million Covid-19 RT-PCR tests (Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction).According to ICMR, a total of 1046450 samples have been tested as on 03 May 2020, 9 AM IST.RT-PCR is the only diagnostic test for Covid-19 approved by the World Health Organization.India is current carrying out an average of 75,000 tests per day at 419 approved laboratories across the country.
Covid-19 will make life tough for non-life insurers: experts
“The Covid-19 will surely have its negative impact on the Indian non-life insurance industry as the lockdown is expected to continue in one way or other. There will be a drop in the business for the first quarter while improvement is expected in the second quarter of FY 21,” G. Srinivasan,Director, National Insurance Academy and former chairman-cum-managing director, New India Assurance
Asia prepares for everyday life with Covid
As cities in Asia, Australia and elsewhere get their coronavirus outbreaks underneath management, church buildings, faculties, eating places, film theaters and even sporting venues are beginning to open, creating a way of normalcy for individuals who have spent weeks and even months in isolation.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,218, cases to 37,336
A total of 66 deaths were reported since Friday evening of which 26 fatalities were reported from Maharashtra, 22 from Gujarat, eight from Madhya Pradesh, four from Rajasthan, two from Delhi and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.
Maharashtra to provide free & cashless health insurance cover to its people
Speaking to reporters after a Maharashtra Day event in Jalna on Friday, Tope said 85 per cent of the state’s population was covered under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY) at present and the cover will be extended to the remining 15 per cent.A memorandum was signed to include government, semi-government employees and white ration card holders in the scheme in a bid to prevent private hospitals from overcharging patients, he said.
India extends nationwide lockdown,to allow relaxations in lower-risk zones
The biggest and most economically-important cities, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad, would all be classed as red zones, infection hotspots, and kept under strict lockdown.
Maker of coronavirus trial drug aims for wide distribution – Gilead CEO
Gilead Sciences, which manufactures remdesivir, is focused on making the experimental coronavirus drug accessible and affordable to as many people as possible once it is approved, Chief Executive Officer Daniel O’Day said on Friday. Interest in...
U.S. emergency approval broadens use of Gilead’s COVID-19 drug remdesivir
A draft study abstract released inadvertently by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week said remdesivir failed to improve patients’ condition or reduce the pathogen’s presence in the bloodstream. The drugmaker said the findings were inconclusive because the study was terminated early.
Trump says evidence ties Covid-19 to Wuhan lab
Washington: As the US recorded more than 2,000 deaths on three consecutive days, President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on China on Thursday. He said that the World Health Organization should be ashamed of itself, and likened it to a public relations...
Covid-19 Pandemic:US life insurance claims may touch $7.2 bn
The estimate includes costs for policyholders between the ages of 56 and 74, which are projected to reach as much as a combined $4.1 billion for individual and group plans, the researcher said in a study released Thursday. Life insurers are in good shape and should be able to manage surging costs, according to the report’s author, Samantha Chow.
Individual policies would account for 81% of claims, while group plans such as those offered by employers would make up the rest, the Aite study found. Insurers’ main challenge will be how to handle claims as economic hardship spreads, Chow said.
“The biggest issue is going to be that these beneficiaries that are calling after losing a loved one who might have passed as a result of Covid-19 — they’ve incurred a lot of health-care costs,” she said. “They might need the money really quickly in order to survive.”