by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Bengaluru: Forecasting that the Covid-19 pandemic is only going to get worse, noted surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty has said India will need an extra 5 lakh ICU beds, 2 lakh nurses and 1.5 lakh doctors in the next few weeks, and also suggested radical solutions...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Men and older adults with more advanced diabetes have a higher risk of death when infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, according to a large study.The findings showed that men with diabetes were 28 percent more likely to die with Covid-19 than...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
The uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus through all Americas accounted for a major part of global deaths last week, with one in four Covid-19 deaths in the world taking place here, says Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne. "One in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
A past Covid-19 infection does not completely protect young people from reinfection, and vaccination is still necessary to boost immune response and reduce disease transmission, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The health ministry on Thursday issued the "Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild/asymptomatic Covid-19 cases", in which it advised against attempting to procure or administer Remdesivir injections at home, underlining that it...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: There has been a sudden jump in the number of coronavirus cases in the last one month but the figure of recoveries is also increasing at the same speed, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday while highlighting that India has one of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
People working in the petroleum industry or living near petroleum facilities are at increased risk of developing several different cancer types, according to a new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARCWHO), part of the UN World Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Regulation
Hyderabad: The IRDAI, on Thursday,has asked the insurers, that decision on authorization for cashless treatment for COVID-19 claims has to be be communicated to the network provider (hospital) within a period of 60 minutes from the time of receipt of such request...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Intermediaries, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Reinsurance, Risk Management
NEW YORK: Chubb and Marsh today announced a collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), that has secured insurance coverage for a Program that will offer eligible individuals in 92 lower-income countries and economies...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The raging state of the COVID-19 pandemic is India is a wake-up call for Africa that its governments and citizens must not let their guards down, the African Union's disease control agency warned on Thursday. African nations generally do not have sufficient...
