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Australia’s Victoria declares disaster, sets curfew to curb COVID-19
“The current rules have avoided thousands and thousands of cases each day, and then thousands of people in hospital and many more tragedies than we have seen. But it is not working fast enough,” Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews told a televised briefing.
A curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. every day will be implemented from Sunday evening in Melbourne, barring the nearly five million people in the city from leaving their houses except for work or to receive or give care.
Siemens Healthineers expands into cancer care with $16.4 billion deal for Varian
Through the deal to buy Varian, Healthineers, a part of Siemens, acquires the leader in radiation therapy with a market share of over 50%.
Healthineers highlighted a long-term rise in the incidence of cancer – from 14 million cases worldwide in 2010 to a forecast 25 million in 2030.
That translates into an addressable market of $20 billion that is forecast to grow at an annual rate of between 6% and 10%, the company said in a presentation on the deal.
Latin America coronavirus death toll surges past 200,000
Apart from the United States, Brazil and Mexico have racked up more fatalities from the virus than any other country, and together they account for around 70% of the regional death toll.Both have struggled to balance the need to curb the spread of the virus with restrictive safety measures while trying to reopen their economies, which have been battered by the crisis.
U.S.makes deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, deaths expected to rise
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Friday forecast between 168,000 and 182,000 total fatalities by August 22, predicting that deaths will rise fastest in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Washington state.
Coronavirus deaths in the United States are rising at their fastest rate since early June. Roughly one American died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Chinese-backed hackers targeted COVID-19 vaccine firm Moderna
Moderna, which is based in Massachusetts and announced its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in January, confirmed to Reuters that the company had been in contact with the FBI and was made aware of the suspected “information reconnaissance activities” by the hacking group mentioned in last week’s indictment.
Pandemic will intensify risks for insurers,says EU watchdog
“The COVID-19 has further intensified the pre-existing challenges posed by the prolonged low-yield environment, a fundamental risk for both insurance and pension sectors.”
‘So far, so good’ on leading COVID vaccine, says AstraZenec
AstraZeneca has already reached deals with countries to make more than 2 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, and says it could be approved by the end of this year.
EU imposes the first ever sanctions against cyber-attacks
As part of the measures, the six individuals and assets of the three institutions will be frozen and the people involved won’t be allowed entry into the bloc, the EU said in a statement on Thursday, adding that EU companies and individuals are forbidden from sending funds to those on the list
Swiss Re swings to a loss of $1.1 bn in H1, Combined ratio worsens to 115.8%
“We expect the claims and reserves we have booked in the first half of 2020 to cover the majority of our ultimate COVID-19 losses,” said Swiss Re Chief Executive Christian Mumenthaler
“Coronavirus effects will be felt for decades”:WHO
“The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come.”