by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: Mumbai's first genome sequencing laboratory at civic-run Nair Hospital will offer the city an added advantage in the battle against coronavirus as the new facility can analyse a large number of samples in a short period and also identify mutants, something...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
NEW YORK: Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC said on Tuesday it is weighing strategic alternatives for its reinsurance unit, Willis Re, days after a planned sale to rival Arthur J. Gallagher fell through. Willis and broker Aon PLC had planned to merge to create...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
If you've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But along with the rising number of new COVID-19 cases globally and growing concern about highly transmissible strains like...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported 42,625 new COVID-19 cases, 36,668 recoveries and 562 deaths in 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. An increase of 12,076 cases was recorded in the daily infections since Tuesday when 30,549 new cases were...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The spread of the delta coronavirus variant has pushed the threshold for herd immunity to well over 80% and potentially approaching 90%, according to an Infectious Diseases Society of America briefing on Tuesday. That represents a “much higher” bar...
