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Coronavirus may spread through normal breathing: US scientists
Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the National Institutes of Health, told Fox News the guidance on masks would be changed “because of some recent information that the virus can actually be spread even when people just speak, as opposed to coughing and sneezing.”
Why is New Orleans’ coronavirus death rate twice New York’s? Obesity is a factor
New Orleans residents suffer from obesity, diabetes and hypertension at rates higher than the national average, conditions that doctors and public health officials say can make patients more vulnerable to COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
Some 97% of those killed by COVID-19 in Louisiana had a pre-existing condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40% of the deaths, obesity in 25%, chronic kidney disease in 23% and cardiac problems in 21%.
Coronavirus pandemic: Over 95% who died in Europe were over 60: WHO
The U.N. health agency says 10% to 15% of people under 50 with the disease have moderate or severe infection.
“Severe cases of the disease have been seen in people in their teens or 20s with many requiring intensive care and some unfortunately passing away,” Kluge said.
Life-or-Death decisions by hospitals, doctors come with threat of lawsuits
Health care providers may prioritize patients without underlying conditions who are likeliest to make a full recovery, but there’s no national standard for triage. The question of withholding or withdrawing ventilators from the sickest patients is so charged that medical experts have encouraged providers to develop their own guidelines. Like the U.S. pandemic response itself, it’s largely a state-by-state and, to some extent, hospital-by-hospital patchwork.
Insurers worry about D&O claims against executives from Coronavirus
While many classes of insurance, such as business interruption and event cancellation, exclude epidemics, D&O insurance usually provides cover and brokers said this could be a rare avenue for companies to recoup costs triggered by the pandemic.
Global coronavirus cases surpass one million, death toll 52,000
The United States had the most confirmed cases of any country, more than 240,000, the data showed.Since the virus was first recorded in China late last year, the pandemic has spread around the world, prompting governments to close businesses, ground airlines and order hundreds of millions of people to stay at home to try to slow the contagion.
Caronavirus Pandemic:Nationwide lockdown to cost Indian economy $4.64 bn every day: Acuite Ratings
Sankar Chakraborti, CEO, Acuite Ratings & Research, said: “Acuite Ratings estimates that every single day of the nation-wide lockdown will cost the Indian economy almost USD 4.64 billion. Consequently, the 21-day lockdown will result in a loss of GDP of almost USD 98 billion.”
In such a lockdown scenario, the sectors that are most severely impacted are transport, hotel, restaurant, and real estate activities.
Coronavirus Pandemic: World Bank approves $1-bn emergency fund for India
“In India, $1 billion emergency financing will support better screening, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics; procure personal protective equipment; and set up new isolation wards,” the World Bank said after its Board of Executive Directors approved the first set of emergency support operations for developing countries around the world, using a dedicated, fast-track facility for COVID-19 response.
Aarogya Setu: All you need to know about govt’s Covid-19 tracker app
It calculates the user’s risk of infection based on recency and proximity of COVID-19 patient.”We understand the nature and sensitivity of the topic and have taken strong measures to ensure that your data is not compromised. Your data will be shared only with the Government of India. The app does not allow your name and number to be disclosed to the public at large at any time,” said the app.
For 90% workers in India’s informal economy, there’s no shelter from COVID-19
From Southeast Asia to South America, the world’s 2 billion informal workers are suffering some of the earliest and most devastating effects of the coronavirus and social distancing. Yet public aid packages have so far been largely directed at formal businesses and employees. If governments like India’s want to manage Covid-19 and its economic fallout, they’ll need to act quickly to secure the health and safety of their informal workforces.Roughly 60% of the world’s working population is employed in informal enterprises. In emerging markets, such work often constitutes the bulk of economic output, including production, distribution and sales.