"We continue to see a rise in COVID-19 cases in this week's report....
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Govt pats IRDAI for unveiling a slew of reforms in insurance industry
(L to R) Neerja Kapur, CMD, New India Assurance, Debasish Panda,...
Studies underway on cases of sudden cardiac arrest among youngsters after Covid: Govt
A multi-centric matched case control study on factors associated...
Health Minister Mandaviya to review Covid situation Wednesday amid spurt in cases in US, China
Health Ministry on Tuesday urged all states and Union territories to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of newer variants In a letter to states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said such an exercise will enable timely...
‘I don’t trust it:’ Vaccine hesitancy lingers even as China COVID cases surge
Officially, China's vaccination rate is above 90%, but the rate for boostered adults drops to 57.9%, and to 42.3% for people aged 80 and above, according to government data, prompting warnings that the country could see over 1.5 million deaths after lifting curbs such...
China’s cities battle first wave of COVID surge as wider spread looms
A sharp surge in deaths would test authorities' efforts to move China away from endless testing, lockdowns and heavy travel restrictions, and realign with a world that has largely reopened to live with the disease. BEIJING: Hearses bearing the dead lined the driveway...
Impossible to track exact number of COVID cases in China: Chinese health agency
China's top official in charge of the pandemic, Sun Chunlan, while visiting hospitals on Wednesday said that China's capital, Beijing, has for the first time been hit by a significant outbreak. Chunlan explained that the country's focus needs to shift from preventing...
Budget-2023-24:Zero-rated GST for protection products
Vighnesh Shahane, MD & CEO, Ageas Federal Life Insurance The insurance industry wish-list for the annual Budget has been largely the same for the last four-five years with the aim of driving insurance penetration in the country. A few of our recommendations...
China’s factories to the world brace for Tsunami of Covid cases
The resulting eruption in infections is set to be a key test for a vast network of factories that account for almost one-third of the world’s manufacturing output. Those plants are now taking extraordinary steps to ward off infections From locking in workers to...
India’s COVID-19 tally not rising due to hybrid immunity -Top Health Expert
New Delhi: COVID-19 Working Group NTAGI Chairman N K Arora on Wednesday said that despite South Asian countries reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases, India is not getting affected because of hybrid immunization. However, Dr. Arora warned that India still needs to...
2302 claims of Rs 50 lakh each cleared under insurance scheme for health workers fighting Covid: Govt
Fifty-three claims have been paid to the families of doctors in Bihar, 64 in Uttar Pradesh, 43 in Maharashtra, 38 in Karnataka and 37 each in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply to a question in...
‘Please protect yourself’: China wrestles with COVID surge
China's controls kept its infection rate low but crushed already weak economic growth and prompted complaints about the rising human cost. The official death toll is 5,235, compared with 1.1 million for the United States. China's official total case count of 363,072...
iia,Indians report unexpected rise in heart attacks, says survey
Researchers estimate that over 200 million people worldwide may currently be having long Covid conditions, where they are experiencing myocarditis, pericarditis, brain fog or memory issues, sleep apnea, fatigue, joint pain, and other health conditions As more and more...