“These interim trial results show that hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir produce little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalised COVID-19 patients when compared to standard of care. Solidarity trial investigators will interrupt the trials with immediate effect,” the WHO said in a statement, referring to large multicountry trials that the agency is leading.

239 scientists from 34 countries claim coronavirus now airborne

Jul 5, 2020

The World Health Organisation has long held that the coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that, once expelled by infected people in coughs and sneezes, fall quickly to the floor.

But in an open letter to the WHO, 239 scientists in 32 countries have outlined the evidence showing that smaller particles can infect people and are calling for the agency to revise its recommendations.

Germany is first major economy to phase out coal and nuclear power

Jul 4, 2020

The plan is part of Germany’s ‘energy transition’ – an effort to wean Europe’s biggest economy off planet-warming fossil fuels and generate all of the country’s considerable energy needs from renewable sources.

Achieving that goal is made harder than in comparable countries such as France and Britain because of Germany’s existing commitment to also phase out nuclear power by the end of 2022.

GIC Re unveils strategies to overhaul its financials and ratings,domestic exposure to Covid-19 claims extremely limited

Jul 3, 2020

“We have already addressed the the key issues within our control of profitability and portfolio size We have taken further action to strengthen our balance sheet by increasing our outwards reinsurance purchases on the domestic portfolio by 37.5 percent, growing in size from USD 2.1 billion for 2019-20 to USD 2.7 Bn for 2020-21, using high credit quality retro-cession counter parties,”said GIC Re

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