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Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: UN Experts
Quoting the latest data from the UN World Health Organization...
With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight: Tedros
“COVID-19 is here to stay, and the world will continue to need...
Year-ender 2022: Despite vaccine strides, India not out of Covid-19 shadow yet
"Currently, there are 10 different variants of Covid-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7. The Delta variant of Covid-19 is also around in the country," a source told ANI. The sudden surge in Covid cases in the United States, China, Brazil and South Korea...
Covid-mutation risk drives rush to test travellers from China across world
The scenario echoes the pandemic’s early days, when China was criticized for not releasing key genetic data on the virus until weeks after news of the new illness became public. Keeping up with viral evolution has posed difficult challenges for drugmakers. For...
China could see as many as 25,000 deaths a day from Covid-19 in Jan
The jump in cases has fueled concern across the globe about the emergence of new Covid variants that could be more contagious, lethal, or both. That has prompted numerous countries to adopt mandatory testing and entry restrictions for travelers from China, which also...
Reliance Gen offers 2.5% discount on premiums for COVID-19 vaccinated customers
In move to promote preventive vaccination, Reliance General Insurance is offering 2.5 per cent discount* on insurance premiums to customers who have taken the COVID-19 vaccines or Booster shot and other vaccines like Human Papillomavirus vaccine or Pneumococcal...
Next 40 days crucial as India may see COVID cases surge in mid-January: Health Ministry Sources
As there have been reports of a surge in COVID cases in some countries, the operational readiness of health facilities is being reviewed in all States and Union Territories in case of another wave. Notably, two passengers coming from Dubai tested positive for the...
Consider discount on policy renewal for those with 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Irdai to insurers
The regulator also urged insurers to ensure that empanelled hospitals are prohibited from taking deposit for COVID-19 hospitalisation, sources said, adding, some of the hospitals indulged in asking for deposit for COVID treatment during the first and second wave...
China’s COVID-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant
“China has a population that is very large and there’s limited immunity. And that seems to be the setting in which we may see an explosion of a new variant," said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University. Could the COVID-19...
FPIs invest Rs 11,557 cr in equities in Dec; COVID updates to drive flows in near term
'Concerns about COVID spread in China is a sentiment negative and the strong economic data from the US indicate continuation of the hawkish stance of the Fed which is pushing bond yields up and equities down. Only reversal of this trend will trigger a rebound in the...
Surge in Covid cases strain Chinese hospitals
Wang Guangfa, a respiratory expert from Peking University First Hospital, told the Global Times on Saturday that as the virus spread to the communities in Beijing, more elderly people and those with underlying diseases have been infected and that the capital city has...
Omicron subvariant XBB jumps to 18% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
The XBB variant has been driving up cases in parts of Asia, including Singapore. While some experts have said it is more transmissible, it has not resulted in a surge in hospitalizations The highly contagious Omicron subvariant XBB jumped 18% in national dominance and...