by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
PARIS: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua, touted as possible treatments for COVID-19, should be tested for efficacy and side effects. The WHO said it supported scientifically proven traditional...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 5, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
NEW YORK: A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed, researchers said...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BRUSSELS: World leaders and organisations pledged $8 billion to research, manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 on Monday, but the United States refused to contribute to the global effort.Organisers included the European...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Intermediaries
International insurance broker Gallagher, through its Indian joint venture Edelweiss-Gallagher- launched a Pandemic Group Insurance product, providing a comprehensive COVID-19 indemnity cover solution in the country. The cover can be bought by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2020 | Data, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India’s gold imports plunged 99.9% year-on-year in April to their lowest in nearly three decades as air travel was banned and jewellery shops were closed amid a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, a government source said....
