by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 7, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The death toll due to novel coronavirus rose to 114 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 4,421 on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 3,981, as many as 325 people...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
NEW DELHI: India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of containing the disease appear so bleak should domestic transmission start to multiply. Officials...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: World insurers told governments on Monday that making them pay out on losses suffered due to the coronavirus that were not covered by policies risked destabilizing the insurance industry. With the global economy hammered by measures to halt the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Airplanes with a total insured value of more than $160 billion are grounded around the world, presenting risks for insurers, a report said on Friday. Singapore has the largest number of planes standing idle at airports, at 205, with Hong Kong second at...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Bangkok: The founder of one of the world’s best-performing insurance firms this year never imagined its policies to cover illness from the coronavirus would draw “overwhelming” demand when it began selling them well before the pathogen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
New Delhi: The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, administered to millions of Indian children soon after birth to protect against tuberculosis, could be a "game-changer" in the fight against the deadly coronavirus, say US scientists. The severity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
: TOKYO: Japan is to impose a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to contain the coronavirus, while the government prepares a $990 billion stimulus package to soften the economic blow. Domestic infections topped...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo’s chief veterinarian said on Sunday. ...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
London: Health experts on Monday urged smokers to quit and cigarette companies to stop producing and selling tobacco products to help reduce the risks from COVID-19. “The best thing the tobacco industry can do to fight COVID-19 is to immediately...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Referring to the impact of COVID-19 on country's economy, the prime minister said the government must work on war footing to mitigate the impact, adding that the ministries should prepare a business continuity plan. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...
