by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to address COVID-19 challenges, including making coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers coming from overseas. “In addition to wearing masks, everyone...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to? 1,06,25,428 with 14,545 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day,?while the recoveries have surged to 1,02,83,708, according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday The death toll...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Risk Management
Amazon Inc said on Thursday it will open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on Jan. 24 with an aim to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against COVID-19 on the first day. Amazon Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs Jay Carney,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
LONDON: Researchers have developed a new online tool that can calculate the risk of Covid-19 transmission in poorly-ventilated places, showing that when two people are in such spaces and neither is wearing a mask, prolonged talking is far more likely to spread...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 21, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management
BEIJING: A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world’s largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two...