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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to pick up 9.99% in Aditya Birla Health Insurance for Rs 665 crore
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Assam govt planning universal health insurance: Himanta
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Coronavirus outbreak to have limited impact on India, says RBI Governor
“Most of the large pharma companies, according to information that we have, always keep stock for three-four months. So, therefore, they should be able to manage and also those provinces from where these pharma intermediates are sourced have not been impacted by the virus outbreak. Therefore, there is an expectation that the supply of pharma raw materials will be maintained,”RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said.
Coronavirus: Fear of global outbreak mounts as passengers start leaving the quarantined cruise ship
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the risks were ongoing and Japan’s measures “may not have been sufficient to prevent transmission among individuals on the ship.” It put in place travel restrictions on the passengers and crew on the vessel, adding “there may be additional confirmed cases of Covid-19 among the remaining passengers on board the Diamond Princess.”
12 Chinese insurers co-launch coverage for businesses hit by Coronavirus
The six-month insurance, co-launched by 12 leading insurers including PICC, China Pacific Insurance Co., and Ping An Insurance Group, provides cover for production losses, wages paid to employees in quarantine and fees incurred due to the suspension of operations as a result of the epidemic, according to the notice.
AIA Singapore offers free COVID-19 coverage for its 1.4 million customers, employees and tied representatives
This special coverage includes a lump sum pay-out of S$1,000 for hospitalisation and covers death due to the coronavirus disease
Paracetamol prices jump 40% in India as coronavirus epidemic shuts down China
Prices of paracetamol, the most commonly used analgesic, have jumped by 40% in India, while the cost of azithromycin, an antibiotic used for treating a variety of bacterial infections, has risen by 70%, said Pankaj R. Patel, chairman of Zydus Cadila. The pharma industry could face shortages in finished drug formulations starting April if supplies aren’t restored by the first week of next month,
Chinese province launches insurance for businesses hit by coronavirus
“There are lingering concerns that the resumption of business operations will lead to more cases of coronavirus infection, and cause production to come to a standstill due to the quarantine policies,” according to the notice.
COVID-19 coronavirus:Chinese tourist in France, first such death in Europe
-European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides warned ministers at the event in Brussels that “viruses know no borders”,
-She said coordination within the EU was vital in fighting the virus, including sharing information and cooperation between countries.“We are determined to ensure an effective, coherent EU-level response,” she said, adding: “We need to be united in our response – coherent and coordinated with each other.”
COVID-19 coronavirus:Locking people up to stop virus spread could prompt legal fights
The measures stop well short of the response to the outbreak in China, where the authorities have locked down cities and regions with tens of millions of residents. Still, the moves are unprecedented in recent years for western democracies as governments try to balance the need to protect public health against a desire to uphold individual rights.
Coronavirus: China tries 3,000-year-old traditional remedy to treat patients
Treatment in Wuhan hospitals combine Traditional Chinese Medicine, popularly known as TCM, and western medicines, said Wang Hesheng, the new health commission head in Hubei, the province at the center of the virus outbreak. He said TCM was applied on more than half of confirmed cases in Hubei.
Coronavirus triggers major dislocation in global supply chains
“All the signs are that there has been a major dislocation in global supply chains and commodity trade as well,” said Caroline Bain, chief commodities economist at Capital Economics. For some products “it’s only going to get worse in February data.”