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COVID-19 recovered with one/two doses of vaccine have higher protection against Delta variant: Study
“The high transmissibility associated with Delta variant led to second wave of the pandemic in India which affected millions of people. Besides this, variant of concerns have been reported to show lower neutralisation to several approved vaccines. This has led to breakthrough infections after completion of vaccination regimen,” it said.
India to make CoWIN available to all countries: PM Mod
Asserting that vaccination is the best hope for humanity to emerge successfully from the pandemic, Modi said right from the beginning, “we in India decided to adopt a completely digital approach while planning our vaccination strategy”.
Monsoon to reach remaining parts of north India by July 10: IMD
Delhi, Haryana, parts of west Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, west Rajasthan are yet to see the arrival of the monsoon.
In its forecast for July, India Meteorological Department said the country as a whole will witness good rainfall this month.
Israel sees steep drop in Pfizer vaccine efficacy rate: Report
The government is considering reinstating additional coronavirus-related restrictions after restoring a mandate to wear masks indoors in public spaces. Officials are also discussing whether to recommend a third dose of vaccine, the report said.
Covid-19: IRDAI penalises Salasar Services Insurance Brokers Rs 8 lakh for misleading its customers on BI claims
The information brochure by Salasar Services Insurance Brokers clearly advised its clients, to lodge the business interruption claim and also stated that insurer prima facie may deny the claim which can be contested later.
This statement may give a hope to the clients that the denial of claim can be successfully contested at a later date. This is a wrong and misleading advice and the broker, being a professional should not issue such a misleading advice to their clients, said the IRDAI..
Airlines can operate maximum of 65 pc pre-Covid domestic flights: Gov
The May 28 decision to bring down the cap from 80 to 50 per cent was taken ”in view of the sudden surge in the number of active COVID-19 cases across the country, decrease in passenger traffic and the passenger load (occupancy rate) factor”, the ministry had said.
Stock exchanges, other officials liable to face penalties for tech glitches: Sebi
Stock exchanges, clearing corporation and depositories will have to pay in the range of Rs 1 lakh each working day to Rs 2 crore for flouting Standard Operating Procedure while Managing Director (MD) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the MIIs concerned will have to cough up 10 per cent of their respective annual pay.
To avoid technical glitches, Sebi has suggested that MIIs should have Business Continuity Planning, disaster recovery policies and system audit processes in place.
9 trends to watch as aviation readies for post Covid-19 takeoff
Says Cristina Schoen, Global Head of Aviation Claims at AGCS,”Covid-19 has not been a direct driver of aviation claims over the past year .
As a result of the significant reduction in commercial airline travel during the pandemic we saw fewer attritional claims than we would during a typical year. However, the insurance sector was not immune to larger losses during the course of the pandemic, with different regions seeing tragic accidents, emergency landings and hull losses to name a few. As air travel begins to return to pre-pandemic levels we expect claims volume to rise accordingly”
Two-thirds of communicable infections animal borne, knowledge of zoonotic diseases important: Kerala Minister
She further said that besides the common zoonotic diseases, like leptospirosis, scrub typhus, monkey fever, Nipah, rabies, Japanese fever and West Nile fever, which are commonly reported in Kerala, COVID-19 also poses a threat to public health.
15 million in US missed second dose of Covid jab: CDC
But experts stress that completing vaccination will be crucial as the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid continues its spread, the report said.
As of Saturday, the CDC said 182,109,860 people had received at least one dose while 156,982,549 people are fully vaccinated.