by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: The All England Club, the organiser of the world famous “Wimbledon'' is preparing to submit an insurance claim 'in excess of £100million' following the the cancellation of the tournament this week due to the scale of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
PARIS: The number of people who have died from the COVID-19 illness in France jumped by 61% to 6,507 over two days after data from nursing homes were included, and confirmed cases jumped by 44% to 82,165, the health ministry reported on Friday, making France...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
A doctor at a New York City hospital had to make a difficult decision last weekend to send his wife and 17-month-old daughter away while he remained on the front lines of the U.S. coronavirus crisis. “I don’t know how long it’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 4, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
MUMBAI: The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities tightened restrictions on movement and warned lockdowns could be extended in a bid to rein in the pandemic.“If people...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate twice that of New York City. Doctors, public health officials and available data say the Big Easy’s high levels of obesity and related...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government was poised to recommend the use of face masks for everyone. Anthony Fauci, head of infectious diseases at the National...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: With 478 cases reported in the last 24 hours, the highest spike so far, India's tally of positive coronavirus cases on Friday rose to 2,547 including 162 cured/discharged and 62 deaths, as per the latest data of the Ministry of Health and Family...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines, it was a nightmare scenario for managing director Malcolm Boyce. The coronavirus crisis was just beginning to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Paris: Research on the prevention of treatment of COVID-19 in poor and developing nations is urgently needed to avert a "complete breakdown" of health services, a coalition of more than 70 scientific bodies said Friday. The pandemic is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 3, 2020 | Indian News, Intermediaries, Life, Non-Life, Regulation, Reinsurance
Hydearbad: Finding fault with the existing systems followed by the insurers for paying of commission or remuneration or rewards to the intermediaries, the insurance regulator IRDAI on Friday has revamped the existing norms for its meaningful and effective...
