by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of containing the disease appear so bleak should domestic transmission start to multiply. Officials...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: World insurers told governments on Monday that making them pay out on losses suffered due to the coronavirus that were not covered by policies risked destabilizing the insurance industry. With the global economy hammered by measures to halt the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Airplanes with a total insured value of more than $160 billion are grounded around the world, presenting risks for insurers, a report said on Friday. Singapore has the largest number of planes standing idle at airports, at 205, with Hong Kong second at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Bangkok: The founder of one of the world’s best-performing insurance firms this year never imagined its policies to cover illness from the coronavirus would draw “overwhelming” demand when it began selling them well before the pathogen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, administered to millions of Indian children soon after birth to protect against tuberculosis, could be a "game-changer" in the fight against the deadly coronavirus, say US scientists. The severity...
