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Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary at the Union Health Ministry said, “A new feature of ‘Allot beneficiary’ in ‘Ongoing session’ is being added. This will allow maximum possible number of beneficiaries per session and to have better coverage.”
Growth in health and protection biz to soften Covid-19 economic pressures on Indian insurers:Moody’s
“Resilient sales of health and protection policies reflects rising consumer awareness of these products during the coronavirus pandemic, as well regulator’s actions enabling insurers to offer protection against the virus. Indian insurers have also rapidly developed their digital offering during the pandemic.Over the longer term we expect the industry to benefit as the government injects capital into publicly owned insurers, and as private insurers reinforce their solvency through a combination of capital raising and M&A, said Moody’s analysis on Indian insurance sector.
Total 7.86 lakh healthcare workers got COVID-19 vaccine jabs till Wednesday 6 pm: Centre
Ten cases of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) — four in Delhi, two in Karnataka, and one each in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and West Bengal — have required hospitalisation so far, additional secretary in the Health Ministry Manohar Agnani said.
”There has been no case of serious/severe adverse event attributable to COVID-19 vaccination till date,” Agnani said.
IRDAI constituted Panel suggests wide-ranging cyber liability covers
Cyber risks have accelerated by as much as 500 per cent since the first lockdown was imposed in India in March 2020. There is an increase in coronavirus-themed spam,likely resulting in more infected personal computers and phones.
Global survey conducted by Swiss Re reveals that Individuals are more worried about financial losses resulting from illicit access of financial credentials, identity theft, data loss due to technical issues and breach of privacy.
WHO says ‘close’ to Pfizer deal for poorer nations
So far, over half of the 50 million inoculations given globally in 50 countries have been done in the US and China. None have yet been given in Africa. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday blamed vaccine nationalism for the inequity, saying the world was on the brink of “catastrophic moral failure”.
COVID-19: India records 10,064 new cases, lowest in over seven months
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,28,753 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.66 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below three lakh
There are 2,00,528 active COVID-19 cases in the country which comprise?1.90 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
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Going for vaccination is personal decision, people’s confidence will get boosted slowly: Jain
The sharp fall in COVID-19 vaccination drive had come after one severe and 50 minor cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) were reported on Saturday.
On Tuesday, 26 cases of AEFI, were reported, including two severe ones. One of them had to be hospitalised.
ICICI General’s net proft rises 6.6 % in Q3 FY 2020-21
With a total premium of Rs 4034 crore, up 9 per cent y-o-y, the largest private sector general insurer had a combined ratio of 97.9 in the reporting quarter against 98.7 per cent in the year ago period.
India urges frontline workers not to refuse vaccines as targets missed
Vinod K. Paul, who heads a government committee on vaccine strategy, told a news conference health workers who failed to take vaccine doses set aside for them were not fulfilling their “societal responsibility”.
“Please understand the whole world is clamouring for vaccines,” said Paul.
Some doctors have expressed doubt about the Bharat Biotech vaccine, which was given approval for emergency use without efficacy data from late-stage clinical trials. The government says it is safe and effective. Paul said he received his own shot of the it on the first day.