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The app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have COVID-19, the potentially lethal illness caused by the coronavirus, said Bernardo Mariano, chief information officer for the WHO. Other information, such as how to get tested, will be personalized according to the user’s country.
New York governor says 5-year old died from rare COVID-related complications
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said New York’s health department, which on Wednesday issued an advisory to healthcare providers about the so-called pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, were reviewing 73 cases with children showing similar symptoms across the state.
“While rare, we are seeing some cases where children affected with the COVID virus can become ill with symptoms similar to the Kawasaki disease or toxic shock-like syndrome that literally causes inflammation in their blood vessels,” the governor said.
Digital Health Platform:Turning Insurers into Preventers
The need for a single digital health platform to integrate the incoming data and create a personal health improvement journey for each member has never been stronger. Only then will health insurers be able to maximize the impact of their prevention efforts, translating to better health outcomes, improved member satisfaction, cost reductions and a transformed image as the member’s true health partner
Medics grapple with mental trauma on COVID-19 front line
“Burnout, anxiety, depression, or irritability or moral injury, those can easily happen to anyone when you’re exposed to these kinds of circumstances for an extended period of time,” said Major Olli Toukolehto, a psychiatrist at the U.S. military’s 531st Hospital Center who has been deployed to New York.
Psychiatrists at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City predict between 25%-40% of frontline healthcare workers and first responders in the United States may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their involvement in the outbreak.
New chemical accident rules soon to prevent Vizag like accidents
Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed – WHO
“The market played a role in the event, that’s clear. But what role we don’t know, whether it was the source or amplifying setting or just a coincidence that some cases were detected in and around that market,” said Dr Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on food safety and zoonotic viruses that cross the species barrier from animals to humans.
Indian court seeks government reply over challenge to mandatory Aarogya Setu app
But mandatory use of the app forces a user to “give away data to a system which he may or may not approve of, thereby attacking his right of informational autonomy,” a member of the opposition Congress party said in a petition to the high court in Kerala.
“Such coercive and forcible extraction of personal information from an individual is unheard of in a democratic and republic setup and it is attribute of a dictatorial system,” said the petition, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters.
COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,886; cases climb to 56,342
People must learn to live with the virus, follow prevention guidelines:Govt
Global temperatures in Apr warmest on Record: European Climate Group
Coronavirus pandemic:April US jobs data to show epic losses and soaring unemployment
Companies are still cutting jobs in the midst of a severe downturn, with the economy possibly shrinking at an unheard-of 40% annual rate in the April-June quarter. GE Aviation said it is cutting up to 13,000 jobs. Uber will shed 3,700 positions. Amy Egert, a dental hygienist in Severn, Maryland, was laid off in mid-March. She was told she could return a month later, but she’s still waiting and it’s unclear when she will able to go back. She monitors Maryland statistics on coronavirus cases in hopes that the figures will show enough of a downward trend for her to work again.
Coronavirus pandemic:ICMR approves 21 institutions to conduct clinical trials of plasma therapy
Convalescent plasma therapy is at an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients. As per the guidelines, hospitals and institutions planning to provide this modality of treatment should do so in a clinical trial with protocols that are cleared by the Institutional Ethics Committee, the ICMR had said earlier while seeking participation in the trial.
Bank of England holds off on fresh stimulus, sees worst slump in 300 years
The BoE said it’s Monetary Policy Committee kept Bank Rate at its all-time low of 0.1 per cent and left its target for bond-buying, most of it British government debt, at 645 billion pounds ($797 billion).
The BoE said it expected a 25 per cent plunge in British gross domestic product in the April-June period with the unemployment rate more than doubling to 9 per cent.
UN appeals for $6.7 billion to fight virus in poor countries
President Xi warns against complacency as China downgrades COVID-19 risk levels in all regions
India to roll out COVID-19 app for Reliance’s JioPhone in bid to widen use
Munich Re expects Coronavirus-Related claims in excess of $1 Billion during 2020
Forced payouts of Pandemic claims risk insurers’ financial stability: Regulators
Disputes over cover for businesses struggling to stay afloat during coronavirus lockdowns have erupted in countries including Britain and the United States, where eight states have brought in laws which would require insurers to pay claims, mainly to small businesses, despite exclusions.
Where pandemic risks are covered by a policy, insurers should pay out such claims in a prompt and efficient manner, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) said, while cautioning “against initiatives seeking to require insurers to retroactively cover COVID-19 related losses.”