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Third Covid-19 wave triggered by Omicorn in India to peak in February: IIT-K researchers
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AstraZeneca vaccine booster works against Omicron, Oxford lab study finds
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Delhi’s popular autorickshaws become COVID-19 ambulances
The Delhi government, in association with a non-profit organization, has kitted out more than a dozen autorickshaws with hand sanitizers and face masks, while oxygen cylinders are provided on a need basis. The service, which began officially on Tuesday, is free.
RBI’s Rs 50K cr liquidity facility can augment hospital bed capacity by 20%: Crisil
”Increased availability of funds at low cost will incentivise hospitals to augment beds, oxygen storage, ICUs and critical medical equipment,” its chief ratings officer Subodh Rai said.
If half of the Rs 50,000 crore window is utilised by augmenting hospital beds, the number of beds will go up by 15-20 per cent of the current capacity, he added.
U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents
Pharmaceutical companies working on vaccines have reported sharp revenue and profit gains during the crisis. The industry’s biggest lobby group warned that Biden’s unprecedented step would undermine the companies’ response to the pandemic and compromise safety.
Bees in the Netherlands trained to detect COVID-19 infections
It can take hours or days to get a COVID-19 test result, but the response from the bees is immediate. The method is also cheap, potentially making it useful for countries where tests are scarce, they said.
But Dirk de Graaf, a professor who studies bees, insects and animal immunology at Ghent University in Belgium, said he did not see the technique replacing more conventional forms of COVID-19 testing in the near future.
India reports highest-ever single-day spike with 4,12,262 new COVID-19 cases, 3,980 deaths
As many as 3,980 patients succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, taking the total COVID-related death toll to 2,30,168. India registered a total of 3,29,113 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The total number of recoveries in the country now stands at 1,72,80,844.
India’s struggle to track new Covid-19 variants could worsen the crisis
Variants are already outracing vaccination progress in many parts of the world, fueling bigger outbreaks that spread faster. While some rich nations that secured effective vaccines early have seen their epidemics wane, the virus is still spreading like wildfire in developing economies, prolonging the pandemic.
PIL for vaccination centres at RWAs, NGOs offices; HC asks authorities to treat it as representation
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh asked the authorities concerned to treat the plea as a representation and take a decision in accordance with the law, rules, regulations and government policy applicable to the case.
‘Human catastrophe’ as India’s Covid-19 surge spreads to Nepal
“What is happening in India right now is a horrifying preview of Nepal’s future if we cannot contain this latest Covid surge that is claiming more lives by the minute,” said Netra Prasad Timsina, chair of the Nepal Red Cross.
US reissues travel advisory urges Americans not to travel to India
“Do not travel to India due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution due to crime and terrorism,” the State Department said on Wednesday in its latest travel advisory that looked identical to the one issued on April 28.
Both the travel advisory has been marked ‘Level 4’ which is the highest warning level.
Foreign players can invest upto 74% in Indian insurance sector soon:Irda Chief
“We are committed to usher in risk-based capital (RBC) framework, which is more objective and beneficial for insurers that manage risk well. It should be possible to change over in a period of 3 years. We also plan to synchronise with the new accounting standard Ind AS 117 based on IFRS-17,” explained said Subhash Khuntia, chairman, IRDAI in an interview with Asia Insurance Post..