by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, Non-Life, Pandemic
Analysts have forecast China’s economic growth to slump to 2.8-3.2 per cent this year, which would be the lowest in five decades. China has, for the first time, officially acknowledged Covid deaths in recent weeks. This has given credibility to reports of heavy...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Pandemic
The situation could get even worse for the country of 1.4 billion people. This current wave may see the daily case rate rise to 3.7 million in January, according to Airfinity Ltd., a London-based analytics firm. There’ll likely then be another surge of infections that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5 and has the strongest infection ability since it is highly transmissible, has a shorter incubation period, and has a higher capacity to cause reinfection or infect even those vaccinated. New Delhi: Three cases of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 21, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
The consensus view remains that if China can get a grip on what U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this month called the “very complex problem” of switching its COVID-19 stance, this would boost both its domestic economy and the global one Those who...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 19, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Officially, China’s vaccination rate is above 90%, but the rate for boostered adults drops to 57.9%, and to 42.3% for people aged 80 and above, according to government data, prompting warnings that the country could see over 1.5 million deaths after lifting...
