by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
GENEVA/LONDON: Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance led by the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up. U.S....
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday took down its guidance warning on possible airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus, saying that the draft recommendation was posted in error. The now-withdrawn guidance, posted on the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
MOSCOW/BRASILIA: Russia is so confident in its COVID-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project told Reuters. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: A vaccine for the coronavirus will likely be ready by early 2021 but rolling it out safely across India’s 1.3 billion people will be the country’s biggest challenge in fighting its surging epidemic, a leading vaccine scientist told Bloomberg....
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 22, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a legislation that provides for up to seven years in jail for those attacking healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus or during any situation akin to the current pandemic. The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020, will...
