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Covid caused biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II: Study

Sep 27, 2021 | , , , , ,

The research team assembled an unprecedented dataset on mortality from 29 countries, spanning most of Europe, the US and Chile — countries for which official death registrations for 2020 had been published.
It took on average 5.6 years for these countries to achieve a one-year increase in life expectancy recently, while the progress was wiped out over the course of 2020 by Covid-19, they said.

The largest declines in life expectancy were observed among males in the US, who saw a decline of 2.2 years relative to 2019 levels, followed by Lithuanian males (1.7 years), they said.

Women are more burnt out and considering quitting in US: McKinsey

Sep 27, 2021 | , , , ,

In the last five years, women’s representation has increased at all levels, the report found. Women hold nearly 50% of all entry level jobs and around a quarter of C-suite roles, each up a few percentage points from 2016.
“Our concerns are the impact of pandemic burnout on women long-term, and what companies need to do in response,” said Rachel Thomas, co-founder and chief executive officer of Lean In.

U.N. chief urges business to take the lead on COVID-19, climate and global recovery

Jan 29, 2021 | , , , , ,

“We count on businesses to play an important role by themselves and to put pressure on governments to do the right thing,” he said. “We need you more than ever to help us change course, end fragility, avert climate catastrophe and build the equitable and sustainable future we want and we need.”

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India needs a healthcare regulator, will facilitate premium reduction:Economic Survey

Jan 29, 2021 | , , , , , ,

The mitigation of information asymmetry, that will be ensured by the proposed healthcare regulator,would also help lower insurance premiums, enable the offering of better products and help increase the insurance penetration in the country,said the pre-Budget document tabled in Parliament on Friday.

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COVID-19: India records 11,666 new cases, 147 districts record no new COVID-19 infections in last 7 days

Jan 28, 2021 | , , , ,

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,03,73,606 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.94 per cent. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.
“We have completed 42,674 sessions of vaccinations all over the country. As many as 23,55,979 people have been administered the COVID-19 vaccines so far and 3,26,499 health workers have received the vaccines in the last 24 hours,.”said Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

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Insurers face ‘mind-blowingly’ large loss if Olympics cancelled

Jan 28, 2021 | , , , , , ,

The IOC and Japanese organizers have been adamant that another postponement isn’t an option. So it appears more likely the Games would have to be canceled, rather than postponed again, if they weren’t able to go ahead in Tokyo this summer.

Analysts at Jefferies have estimated the Tokyo Olympics is insured for around $2 billion, plus a further $600 million for hospitality.

The IOC takes out around $800 million of protection for each Summer Games, which covers most of the roughly $1 billion investment it makes in each host city.

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