by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court raising concern over the safety of healthcare workers, including nurses and paramedical staffs, and has sought directions to authorities to provide proper protection kits to those working in COVID-19 wards or in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai: Even as complete nationwide lock down to check the spread of covid-19 Pandemic has deeply impacted the economic activities in the country, the general insurance industry, with 34 players including seven stand alone health insurers, have seen their...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
ROME: AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s latest deal to pledge its drug to help combat the pandemic.The contract is for up...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Data, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
New Delhi: While studies have shown that men are more prone to dying from Covid-19 than women globally, an analysis of case fatalities in India suggests that females may have a higher relative-risk of COVID-19 mortality in the country. Scientists, including...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
New Delhi: The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city. The planned COVID-19 facility will come up at the south Delhi...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
San Francisco: In a significant find, a new study has said that the novel coronavirus behind Covid-19 may actually trigger onset of diabetes in healthy people, apart from causing severe complications of pre-existing diabetes. According to the researchers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
MUMBAI : India’s Dharavi, the continent’s most crowded slum, has gone from coronavirus hotspot to potential success story, offering a model for developing nations struggling to contain the pandemic. Authorities have knocked on 47,500 doors since...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has said that the frontline COVID-19 workers should be encouraged to discharge their duty without fear and should not be ostracised for travelling to work daily. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 14, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has prepared a white paper on the future of cities in the post- COVID-19 world, as urban spaces are changing "drastically and rapidly", an official said. Speaking at a webinar on real estate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 13, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: Loss of smell or taste has been added to the list of Covid-19 symptoms, according to the revised clinical management protocols released by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The ministry said that coronavirus-infected patients...
