Kelvin Yu, Chief Product Officer of FWD Hong Kong & Macau, welcomed the new measures, "As the pandemic develops with increasing number of confirmed cases, we see a rising awareness and need for health protection insurance, yet the risks of face-to-face meetings during policy application might cause customers to put their plans on hold, affecting the timeliness of getting fortified protection for themselves and their families. The temporary facilitative measures provide customers with an additional channel to secure their coverage. In response to the new measures, we have significantly widened the choice of eligible products to a total of 37 plans for which customers can simply apply via phone calls and get covered as early as possible." … [Read more...] about FWD extends non-face-to-face application measures to cover 37 protection insurance products
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63 obstetrics doctors quarantined after contacting COVID-19 patient
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung made the order at a meeting of the city’s steering committee for COVID-19 pandemic prevention on Monday, Tiền Phong (Vanguard) online newspaper reported. … [Read more...] about 63 obstetrics doctors quarantined after contacting COVID-19 patient
Maeve Kennedy McKean’s body is recovered after canoe search
"It is impossible to sum up Gideon here. I am heartbroken to even have to try," he wrote on Facebook. "I used to marvel at him as a toddler and worry that he was too perfect to exist in this world. It seems to me now that he was." … [Read more...] about Maeve Kennedy McKean’s body is recovered after canoe search
Vietnamese hospitals to remove bottlenecks to lure foreign patients
Prof Tran Binh Giang: Not so long ago, a 15-year-old girl from Ukraine travelled to Vietnam to visit her relatives. She suffered constant vomiting. Following medical examination, she was found to have a psychiatric disorder called trichophagia, as she has an irresistible urge to swallow her hair. The hair in her stomach could not be digested so it caused an obstruction in her bowel. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese hospitals to remove bottlenecks to lure foreign patients
Will coronavirus lockdown cause food shortages in India?
India's peak farm activity happens between April and June. This is when the winter crop - wheat, rice and pulses - is harvested and sold. It is also peak season for fruits. And it is also when farmers begin sowing the summer rain-fed crop, comprising paddy, pulses, cotton and sugarcane. "The lockdown has hit both these seasons," says Mekhala Krishnamurthy, an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Ashoka University. … [Read more...] about Will coronavirus lockdown cause food shortages in India?
