by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 19, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General,World Health Organization Tedros recalled that 70,000 people were dying each week from a preventable and treatable disease; that 83 per cent of the population in Africa was yet to receive a single Covid-19 vaccine dose; and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 15, 2022 | Facts, Health, Pandemic, Policy
He also said the endemic phase of COVID-19 is expected to last many months and it is ” most unlikely” that another variant with higher transmissibility than Omicron and greater virulence than Delta will emerge The third wave of COVID-19 in India has been...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 13, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
In written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths than the official number of COVID-19 fatalities “The report was purely speculative that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 11, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Atul Sahai, CMD, New India Assurance Atul Sahai, the outgoing CMD of NIA, said,“ The company is focused on pursuing profitable growth and has been performing exceedingly well in recent times. But Covid-Pandemic claims worth Rs 866 crore impacted the bottom line...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 10, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Among those who died after contracting coronavirus infection, and were found suffering from co-morbid conditions, patients with heart ailments accounted for 20 per cent of the cases, and those with kidney diseases 19 per cent, as per the report New Delhi: Out of the...