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Caronavirus Pandemic:New India Assurance provides cover to 22.12 lakh public healtcare professionals

The insurance will provide a “comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh for 90 days to a total of around 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, including community health workers, who may have to be in direct contact and care of patients suffering from coronavirus infection and who may be at risk of being impacted by this.

Robots help combat Covid-19 in world, and maybe soon in India too

he researchers said the robots can also be used in logistics such as delivery as well as handling of contaminated waste and also reconnaissance, including monitoring compliance of voluntary quarantines.

The researchers particularly highlighted the role that robots can play in disinfection, cleaning and telepresence.

They said new generations of large, small, micro-, and swarm robots that are able to continuously work and clean could be developed.

Coronavirus Pandemic:Total cases in the country rises to 979,death toll 25

he  Indian government decided on a two-pronged strategy: lock down the entire nation to break the infection chain and quickly ramp up its tattered healthcare facilities to face the pandemic.The blueprint also encompasses converting medical colleges and railway coaches into isolation wards, stadiums into quarantine facilities, and readying part of hospitals under defence, central police forces and railways for Covid-19 patients.

Mega merger of state-run banks comes into force from April 1, says RBI

As per the scheme, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will be merged into Punjab National Bank; Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank; Allahabad Bank into Indian Bank; and Andhra and Corporation banks into Union Bank of India

Under this, the branches of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will operate as branches of Punjab National Bank from April 1, 2020, and branches of Syndicate Bank as that of Canara Bank, the RBI said in a separate releases.

Coronavirus pandemic: Over 22 lakh public healthcare providers to get Rs 50 lakh insurance cover

The insurance will provide a “comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh for 90 days to a total of around 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, including community health workers, who may have to be in direct contact and care of patients suffering from coronavirus infection and who may be at risk of being impacted by this,” the ministry said.

These cases will also be covered subject to numbers indicated by the Ministry of Health.

Coronavirus pandemic: Health Ministry issues guidelines for disinfecting public places, dos and dont’s for elderly

“Exercise and meditate. Take your daily prescribed medicines regularly. Talk to your family members (not staying with you), relatives, friends via call or video conferencing, take help from family members if needed. Postpone your elective surgeries (if any) like cataract surgery or total knee replacement” are some of the dos prescribed by the ministry for the aged.

49-day lockdown necessary to stop coronavirus resurgence in India: Study

The paper by Ronojoy Adhikari in collaboration with Rajesh Singh from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge in the UK shows that the 21-day lockdown that the India government has imposed is unlikely to be effective and ‘there will be a resurgence of Covid-19 at the end of it’.