by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with Covid-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) — twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Washington: The US has become the world's first country to have registered more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day with 2,108 fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, while the number of infections in America has crossed 500,000, the highest...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre, states and Union Territories to nationalise all healthcare facilities and related entities till COVID-19 pandemic is contained in the country. The plea, which...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Geneva: As the world battles coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday (local time) warned countries against hastily lifting restrictions which have been put in place to curb the spread of the virus. Addressing a press conference,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 7,500 on Friday with more than 250 deaths as several places including Delhi and Mumbai reported further spread of the deadly virus. The Union Home Ministry also sought views of State...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), told a briefing that the virus may have been “reactivated” rather than the patients being re-infected. South Korean health officials said it remains unclear...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
NEW YORK: The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other — in front of computer screens instead of in church pews — and some countries tiptoed toward reopening segments...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: It was decided to introduce a system of settling claims in auto mode directly by the system in respect of all such members whose KYC requirements were complete in all respects. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious threat and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 10, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Intermediaries, Technology
Bangalore: Flipkart, a Walmart-owned retailer,has announced that the health insurance policies that distinctly cover COVID-19 offered by two general insurers-ICICI Lombard and Digit Insurance- are now available on its platform. These two...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 9, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Major U.S. insurers are offering credit to auto and motorcycle policyholders following a decline in driving, as most Americans stay at home to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Following is a list of companies, in alphabetical order, which have...
