by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
British drugmaker GSK and U.S.-based Vir Biotechnology will evaluate a second antibody-based treatment in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in an early- to mid-stage trial, the companies said on Tuesday. The new trial, supported by England's National Health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India recorded 12,584 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in around seven months, taking the country's COVID-19 caseload to 1,04,79,179, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 1,51,327 with...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
NEW DELHI: Security has been stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital from where the first consignment of Covishield vaccines from Pune will be transported to different parts of the city on Tuesday, police said. Companies,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Risk Management, Technology
Hong Kong: Prudential Corporation Asia (Prudential) today released The Pulse of Asia – The Health of Asia Barometer, a report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which underscores the unprecedented opportunity offered by digital health...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 12, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi: In fresh trouble for WhatsApp, which is facing backlash over its upcoming user data policy in India, New Delhi-based think-tank Cyberpeace Foundation said on Monday that China-based hackers are targeting WhatsApp users in the country with the promise...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday requested its 3.5 lakh members to voluntarily get the Covid-19 vaccine to show to the world that these shots are safe and efficacious. In a statement, the doctors' body said after an extensive review...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Risk Management
SINGAPORE: Expectations should be "very low" that a World Health Organization team of experts tasked with investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will reach a conclusion from their trip to China this month, a health expert affiliated with the WHO...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Technology
Washington: Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry's big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of remote services, with a potentially lasting impact on medical delivery. The Consumer Electronics Show,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
JAKARTA: Indonesia's poor air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea minutes after take-off on Saturday (Jan 9), marking the country's third major airline crash in just over six...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 11, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on Monday. Investigators at Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky...
