Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Friday that the federal government will send another $2 billion to provinces and territories to help clear the health care backlog created by the years-long pandemic crisis.A registered nurse attends to a COVID-19 patient in the respirology unit at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto in January 2022. (Nathan Denette/Canadian…Continue Reading

Bengaluru: Online taxation and fintech software provider Clear, formerly ClearTax, on Wednesday announced it has acquired supply chain financing technology firm Xpedize. The size of the deal is Rs 100 crore, people aware of the development told ET. This is Clear’s second acquisition after it bought B2B payments platform Ybanq last July. With this, Clear…Continue Reading

Not Yet Clear if Omicron More Transmissible, Causes Severe Disease: WHO

Scientists say that there is not enough data on Omicron to declare it is more infectious. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)On effectiveness of current treatments on Omicron, the WHO said corticosteroids and receptor blockers will still be effective for managing patients with severe Covid. PTI GenevaLast Updated:November 29, 2021, 10:49 ISTFOLLOW US ON:The World Health Organization has…Continue Reading

COVID-19 | WHO says it is not yet clear if Omicron variant causes more severe disease

However, the agency reiterated that preliminary evidence suggests there may be a higher risk of reinfection from the variant. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that it is not yet clear if the new Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants or if it causes more severe disease.”Preliminary data…Continue Reading

Govt asks ministries to clear Air India dues, make payments for tickets

It also directed the ministries/departments to alert its subordinate offices/institutes under its administrative control for compliance to this office order Topics Air India The government on Wednesday asked ministries and departments to clear dues of debt-laden Air India immediately and henceforth purchase tickets only in cash. The government earlier this month decided to sell Air…Continue Reading