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WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics
“Targeting priority pathogens and virus families for research and...
Govt eases rules for international arrivals; scraps requirement to fill out Air Suvidha form
Further, the ministry said that all travellers should self-monitor...
Coronavirus pandemic:ICMR approves 21 institutions to conduct clinical trials of plasma therapy
Convalescent plasma therapy is at an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients. As per the guidelines, hospitals and institutions planning to provide this modality of treatment should do so in a clinical trial with protocols that are cleared by the Institutional Ethics Committee, the ICMR had said earlier while seeking participation in the trial.
Bank of England holds off on fresh stimulus, sees worst slump in 300 years
The BoE said it’s Monetary Policy Committee kept Bank Rate at its all-time low of 0.1 per cent and left its target for bond-buying, most of it British government debt, at 645 billion pounds ($797 billion).
The BoE said it expected a 25 per cent plunge in British gross domestic product in the April-June period with the unemployment rate more than doubling to 9 per cent.
UN appeals for $6.7 billion to fight virus in poor countries
“The specter of multiple famines looms. World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley said the U.N. food agency helps nearly 100 million people on any given day and unless we can keep those essential operations going, the health pandemic will soon be followed by a hunger pandemic.
President Xi warns against complacency as China downgrades COVID-19 risk levels in all regions
Addressing the meeting on Thursday, Xi said the spread of the virus overseas has not been effectively curbed yet and cluster cases were reported in a few areas in China, posing considerable uncertainty to the epidemic control.
India to roll out COVID-19 app for Reliance’s JioPhone in bid to widen use
Within a week, a version of the the Aarogya Setu (Health Bridge) app will be rolled out to more than 100 million users of the $9 JioPhone – a cheap, internet-enabled feature phone that runs on a mobile operating system named KaiOS, a senior government official told Reuters.
Munich Re expects Coronavirus-Related claims in excess of $1 Billion during 2020
Finance chief Christoph Jurecka said, however, he would be “very surprised” if the company failed to post a profit in 2020.“Uncertainty is extremely high,” he told journalists by telephone. “No one knows how this pandemic will develop.”
Forced payouts of Pandemic claims risk insurers’ financial stability: Regulators
Disputes over cover for businesses struggling to stay afloat during coronavirus lockdowns have erupted in countries including Britain and the United States, where eight states have brought in laws which would require insurers to pay claims, mainly to small businesses, despite exclusions.
Where pandemic risks are covered by a policy, insurers should pay out such claims in a prompt and efficient manner, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) said, while cautioning “against initiatives seeking to require insurers to retroactively cover COVID-19 related losses.”
New India Assurance & 3 other insurers gear up to pay claims to LG Polymers gas hit victims
All the the four general insurers have provided an annual cover- a Rs five crore in case of a single incident and Rs 15 crore in case of multiple incidents in a year- to the plant under the Public Liability Insurance Act 1991(PLI Act1991),that provides for damages to victims of an accident which occurs as a result of handling any hazardous substance. It covers costs for personal injuries, loss or damage to property, and death
Israel isolates coronavirus antibody in ‘significant breakthrough’:Minister
The “monoclonal neutralising antibody” developed at the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) “can neutralise it (the disease-causing coronavirus) inside carriers’ bodies,” Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement.
COVID-19 death toll touches 1,694; cases rise to 49,391
Maharashtra, which is battling surge in COVID-19 cases, has requested the hospitals under the Railways, the Army and other Central undertakings to make their facilities in the state available to the government which is planning to ramp up the number of ICU beds