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Union <keyword id="6356374" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="health-minister" source="Orion">Health Minister</keyword> Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday. The IMA informed that Mandaviya will hold the meeting via video conferencing at 4 pm regarding the <keyword id="15884888" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19-situation-and-preparedness" source="Orion">Covid-19 situation and preparedness</keyword>. On Saturday, Mandaviya said that the government has been working to control the <keyword id="8913021" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="spread-of-covid-19" source="Orion">spread of Covid-19</keyword> and urged the people to wear masks and follow covid appropriate behaviour. "We are working on alert mode to control the spread of Covid-19 and are conducting environmental, sewage and human surveillance. Virus RNA was found in the sewage samples in Delhi and Mumbai," Mandaviya had said. He further urged the people to wear masks, avoid crowded places and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday decided to hold mock drills at all health facilities across the country on December 27 in the wake of the COVID alarm due to a surge in infection in many countries. This is to ensure readiness in the availability of oxygen support, and ICU beds among other preparedness measures in case of a surge of COVID cases in India. According to the Ministry, the objective of the exercise is to ensure the operational readiness of these health facilities for the management of COVID. Detailing the focus on the parameters during the mock drills, it said that the main focus will be on the bed capacities including isolation, oxygen-supported and ICU beds at the health facilities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday (December 22) to assess the COVID-19 situation in the country and cautioned against complacency while laying stress on testing and strengthening the surveillance measures, especially at international airports. He emphasized COVID-appropriate behavior at all times, especially in view of the upcoming festive season, including wearing masks in crowded public places. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Miniter Mansukh Mandaviya and NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Parameswaran Iyer were among others who participated in the meeting. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/bsip-study-mangroves-shrinking-in-india-due-to-climate-change/articleshow/96511070.cms">BSIP Study: Mangroves shrinking in India due to climate change</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/pm-modi-tells-people-to-be-vigilant-as-covid-cases-were-rising-in-many-countries/articleshow/96493073.cms">PM Modi tells people to be vigilant as Covid cases were rising in many countries</a>

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to hold meeting with Indian Medical Association today

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Brian Chesky, a former hockey player and industrial design student, is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-chesky/?sh=67d0629444d3">now worth $7.9 billion</a>.</li><li>Chesky started Airbnb after renting out his apartment to conference-goers who couldn't find a hotel.</li></ul>Brian Chesky has helped Airbnb bounce back from many obstacles — and built his Silicon Valley legacy along the way.The now-43-year-old CEO majored in industrial design at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design and also dabbled in hockey and bodybuilding in his 20s.After graduation, an idea he hatched with his San Francisco roommate Joe Gebbia blossomed into tech unicorn Airbnb, which has positioned Chesky as one of Silicon Valley's key players.As of August 2024, Airbnb is worth nearly $73 billion. It had its first profitable year in 2022, and has become synonymous with short-term rentals across the US.Still, the company's stock fell a record 14% in the second quarter of 2024, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/airbnb-stock-price-consumer-demand-slowing-inflation-travel-pandemic-spending-2024-8">Airbnb noted in its earnings call</a> that travelers aren't booking as many stays.Chesky owns an estimated 11% of the short-term rental giant. His current net worth is $7.9 billion, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-chesky/?sh=67d0629444d3">Forbes</a>, which also ranked him as one of the most eligible billionaires in the world alongside Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk.Here's how Brian Chesky, an upstate New York native, became one of the richest young tech founders in America.<h2 id="d229cff2-2c44-4ed3-928c-6af27d384255">Before running Airbnb, Chesky attended art school</h2>Chesky grew up in Niskayuna, New York, north of Albany. He was into hockey, and he also liked to draw and design new versions of Nike sneakers, which turned into an interest in art.Chesky's high school yearbook quote was, "I'm sure I'll amount to nothing." He thought it was funny — his dad didn't.In 1999, Chesky attended Rhode Island School of Design, where he served as captain of the hockey team and studied industrial design.At RISD, Chesky met Joe Gebbia, with whom he would eventually cofound Airbnb. Right before graduation, Gebbia reportedly pulled Chesky aside and said, "Before you get on the plane, there's something I need to tell you. We're going to start a company one day, and they're going to write a book about it," Fortune <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://fortune.com/longform/brian-chesky-airbnb/">reported</a>.<h2 id="abd9e7b9-adfe-4a41-abd9-bce2ff8658fb">It all started as a quick way to make cash</h2>He eventually moved to San Francisco and in with Gebbia, but the two unemployed grads soon ran out of cash.Then, when a design conference came to town in October 2007 and caused all the hotels to sell out, Gebbia pitched Chesky the idea of renting out their space to those who couldn't find a place to stay — a "designer's bed and breakfast."The roommates ended up housing three people that weekend, offering up air mattresses and floor space, as well as Pop-Tarts for breakfast.A few months later, Gebbia and Chesky were joined by their engineer friend, Nathan Blecharczyk. Together, the three guys started what was then called <a target="_blank" href="http://Airbedandbreakfast.com">Airbedandbreakfast.com</a> in August 2008. Chesky "gravitated naturally to the role of leader," Fortune wrote in 2015.<h2 id="730ed8fb-268e-48f2-8b59-8183521d5ee6">Things took off for Airbnb in the 2010s</h2>Since then, Airbnb has not only shortened its name but has listings in more than 220 countries worldwide. The company has served an estimated 1.5 billion guests since its 2008 launch.In 2015, Chesky was named as one of the most influential people alive in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://time.com/collection/2015-time-100/">Time 100</a>. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jony-ive-airbnb-brian-chesky-time-100-list-2015-4">Apple's former design chief, Jony Ive,</a> wrote at the time that Chesky's "audacity is fabulous."Chesky is not married, though he was previously in a relationship with artist Elissa Patel. He has two golden retrievers named Sophie and Sandy.<h2 id="38a076e1-a0d8-421f-9da4-2059bc3e11b6">The pandemic caused ups and downs for the company</h2>Fast forward to February 2020, when cancellations began rolling in due to a mysterious virus. Chesky and his team were three weeks away from filing for Airbnb's IPO.The early days of the pandemic seemed grim. Airbnb's revenue plummeted 80% due to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ipo-goldman-sachs-pandemic-2022-7">COVID-related travel restrictions</a>. The company burned through its cash reserves and opted to raise $2 billion in debt and equity financing to stay afloat. Its valuation, previously $31 billion, slipped to $18 billion.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-boss-laid-off-staff-pandemic-asked-ceos-hire-thousands-2023-10">Airbnb laid off 1,900 employees</a>, about 25% of its full-time staff. Employees said they felt betrayed, but Chesky was also praised for his handling of the situation. Workers were given generous severance packages, and Chesky offered to help find them jobs elsewhere.He reflected on the firings during an appearance on <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia6Di_ytiSE">The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett</a> in 2023."This is how I want to be remembered. I only remember that when I'm in peril, we're in our darkest hour, I'm not just worrying about how we will survive, I'm trying to call CEOs of other companies to see if they can hire our people," Chesky said.But then travelers burned out from lockdown turned to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vacation-rentals-jump-127-percent-april-may-domestic-travel-surge-2020-5">Airbnb over traditional hotels</a>. Bookings bounced back by as much as 127% between April 2020 and May 2020.<h2 id="06fce8ec-091e-4bbf-a018-d35129707d79">Airbnb goes public</h2>Airbnb went public on December 10, 2020, under the Nasdaq ticker symbol ABNB. Barron's called it a "blockbuster" IPO. On its first day of trading, the company was valued at $86 billion, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ipo-valuation-tops-three-hotel-chains-combined-opening-day-2020-12">more than hotel rivals Marriott, Hilton, and Intercontinental combined</a>.Between 2020 and 2022, when interest rates were relatively low, many people bought homes to use as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-first-homes-are-ones-they-rent-out-on-airbnb-2022-4">investment properties</a>, planning to rent them out on Airbnb and other short-term-rental sites to help cover their mortgages or simply make extra money.Demand for travel and experiences surged— so much so that Airbnb recorded its first profitable year in 2022, with a $1.9 billion profit. (It lost $352 million in 2021.)<h2 id="08c2048b-dd4b-4ead-ac82-e1a390b2d4e2">Chesky gives back often</h2>Chesky and Airbnb's two other cofounders publicly signed the Giving Pledge in 2016, a philanthropic initiative started by <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-join-the-bill-gates-and-warren-buffet-giving-pledge-to-give-away-their-wealth-2016-6">Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Melinda French Gates</a>. By doing so, they promise to donate more than half of their wealth within their lifetimes.In 2022, Chesky personally donated $100 million to the Voyagers Scholarship run by former <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.obama.org/press-releases/the-obamas-and-brian-chesky-announce-the-inaugural-cohort-of-voyager-scholarship-recipients/">President and First Lady Obama</a>, which awards $50,000 in tuition for college juniors pursuing public service. Airbnb provides housing to recipients for summer internships and post-grad travel.When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Chesky announced the company would work to house 100,000 refugees with free two-week stays.In November 2022, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-home-listing-free-aircover-guest-verification-2022-11">Chesky listed a guest room </a>in his home on Airbnb, featuring a queen-sized bed and a piece of Airbnb history: the novelty cereal boxes that Chesky sold in 2008 to fund the early days of the company. Chesky told outlets he would make cookies and go to the gym with guests.<h2 id="f8474071-426e-4de9-baaf-881789cfc349">Short-term rental crackdowns and layoffs plagued Airbnb after its profitable year</h2>Countless other real-estate firms conducted mass layoffs due to the cooling housing market. In March 2023, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-tech-layoffs-25-companies-that-have-laid-people-off-2022-7">Airbnb cut 30% of its recruiting staff</a>, representing 0.4% of its total headcount of 6,800.In August — amid protests from locals — <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barcelona-airbnb-ban-florence-amsterdam-lisbon-are-regulations-working-2024-8">Barcelona</a> said it would push to fully ban and eliminate all of its registered short-term rental listings by 2028. Elsewhere, cities like New York, Tokyo, and Vancouver now require hosts to live in the units they're renting out.During its Q2 earnings call, Airbnb told investors that its marketing costs would grow faster than revenue in Q3."Kicking up marketing spend at a moment when demand is softening tends to be the ultimate backbreaker for an internet stock in our experience," analysts from RBC wrote in a note.This story was originally published in 2016. It was last updated in September 2024.

The rise of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who overcame the COVID-19 travel slump and is now leading the company through rental crackdowns

As of March 2024, <keyword id="21574670" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="foreign-portfolio-investment" source="keywords">foreign portfolio investment</keyword> (<keyword id="725142" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="FPI" source="Orion">FPI</keyword>) ownership in <keyword id="20868945" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="NSE-listed-companies" source="keywords">NSE-listed companies</keyword> have fallen below 18%, marking a notable shift in investments pattern in the Indian markets. Notably, this has happened for the first time in over 11 years. <keyword id="725142" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="FPI" source="Orion">FPI</keyword> in India's <keyword id="20868945" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="NSE-listed-companies" source="keywords">NSE-listed companies</keyword> has experienced significant fluctuations over the past two decades, reflecting global economic trends and geopolitical events, according to NSE report. Between 2002 and 2015, the <keyword id="22083141" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FPI-ownership" source="keywords">FPI ownership</keyword> in the country showed a gradual upward trend, except for a temporary dip during the 2007-08 financial crisis. The subsequent years saw the FPI's share dip marginally, due to global uncertainties such as the US-China trade war and Brexit. Despite a brief resurgence in 2018-19, <keyword id="22083141" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FPI-ownership" source="keywords">FPI ownership</keyword> plunged yet again in the first half of 2020, due to the onset of the <keyword id="19955291" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="COVID-19-pandemic" source="keywords">COVID-19 pandemic</keyword>. However, the situation reversed quickly as global liquidity injections improved risk appetite, leading to a temporary increase in FPI share in late 2020. But since then, FPI participation has been on a downward trajectory, driven by recurring waves of COVID-19, a slowdown in China, the Russia-Ukraine war, and concerns over global economic stability. These factors, coupled with rapid monetary tightening by central banks, notably the US Federal Reserve, have further dampened foreign investor confidence. Consequently, by the end of FY24, FPI ownership in the NSE-listed space dropped to below 18%, marking its lowest point in over 47 quarters. However, individual investor participation in the NSE-listed universe has remained relatively stable over the past decade, staying between 8% and 10%. While direct individual ownership has shown resilience, the rise in systematic investment plans (SIPs) also indicates a shift towards indirect ownership. Despite a minor decline in FY21, the <keyword id="19956399" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sip" source="keywords">SIP</keyword> route has become increasingly popular among <keyword id="19972907" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="retail-investors" source="keywords">retail investors</keyword>, reflecting growing confidence in long-term equity investments. The direct individual ownership trend highlights a maturing market where investors are more inclined towards indirect participation through <keyword id="6357979" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mutual-funds" source="Orion">mutual funds</keyword> and other investment vehicles. This shift also underscores the growing sophistication of <keyword id="19972907" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="retail-investors" source="keywords">retail investors</keyword> who seek diversified exposure to the <keyword id="19911354" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="equity-market" source="keywords">equity market</keyword>. The ownership landscape has also changed significantly among promoters over the years. From 2001 to 2009, promoter ownership rose sharply, reaching a 19-year high of 57.6% in March 2009. But this increase was followed by a gradual decline as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) mandated a minimum free float requirement of 25% in 2010. The reduction in promoter ownership was primarily driven by a decline in government stakes, as the government aimed to enhance public participation in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and generate resources for economic development. Meanwhile, private promoter ownership, including both Indian and foreign entities, saw an increase of approximately 11.6% between June 2010 and December 2021. In recent years, promoter share has shown signs of a slight increase, particularly due to a rise in government holdings, except for a minor dip in FY23. This resurgence in promoter ownership reflects the ongoing adjustments in the market dynamics and regulatory landscape. Domestic <keyword id="6357979" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mutual-funds" source="Orion">mutual funds</keyword> (DMFs) have also seen a substantial rise in ownership of NSE-listed companies from 2014 to 2019, driven by increasing <keyword id="19956399" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sip" source="keywords">SIP</keyword> inflows. Despite a temporary drop in FY21 due to economic uncertainties and high redemption pressures during the <keyword id="19955291" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="COVID-19-pandemic" source="keywords">COVID-19 pandemic</keyword>, mutual fund participation has rebounded strongly in the past few years.

FPI ownership in NSE-listed companies drops below 18% in FY24

The <keyword id="43588" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="world-health-organization" source="Orion">World Health Organization</keyword> has again urged <keyword id="1334" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases after Beijing relaxed its strict "zero-COVID" policy. The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations. A high-level meeting took place between officials from WHO and China on the current surge in COVID-19 cases to seek further information on the situation, and to offer WHO's expertise and further support, a WHO statement said on Friday. "WHO again asked for regular sharing of specific and real-time data on the epidemiological situation - including more genetic sequencing data, data on disease impact including hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths -and data on vaccinations delivered and vaccination status, especially in vulnerable people and those over 60 years old," it added. WHO reiterated the importance of vaccination and booster doses to protect against severe disease and death for people at higher risk. The statement said that high-level officials from China's National Health Commission and the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration briefed WHO on China's evolving strategy and actions in the areas of epidemiology, monitoring of variants, vaccination, clinical care, communication and R&amp;D. WHO called on China to strengthen viral sequencing, clinical management, and impact assessment, and expressed willingness to provide support on these areas, as well as on risk communications on vaccination to counter hesitancy. "Chinese scientists are invited to engage more closely in WHO-led COVID-19 expert networks including the COVID-19 clinical management network," the WHO statement said. It said that the WHO has invited Chinese scientists to present detailed data on viral sequencing at a meeting of the <keyword id="341563" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="technical-advisory-group" source="Orion">Technical Advisory Group</keyword> on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution on January 3. "WHO stressed the importance of monitoring and the timely publication of data to help China and the global community to formulate accurate risk assessments and to inform effective responses," it said. Millions of Chinese have been infected in the current surge of <keyword id="1609796" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="omicron" source="Orion">Omicron</keyword> variants in the country, causing an alarm over the world. China's health officials on Friday discussed with the WHO experts the current surge of the COVID-19 cases in the country after the organisation's chief <keyword id="3685849" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus" source="Orion">Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus</keyword> asked Beijing to share more information. The WHO tweeted on Thursday: "As I said at our most recent press conference -- in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the COVID-19 situation on the ground in China, @WHO needs more detailed information." He also defended various countries, including India, to take protective measures against people arriving from China to prevent the virus from spreading. "In the absence of comprehensive information from China, it is understandable that countries around the world are acting in ways that they believe may protect their populations," he said. India has joined the United States, Japan, Italy and Taiwan in imposing mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China, amid a COVID-19 surge there after authorities relaxed strict "zero-COVID" rules. "We continue to call on China to share data and all hypotheses about this pandemic remain on the table," the WHO chief said, referring to the origin of the coronavirus which was first reported in Wuhan city of China in late 2019. His remarks came against the backdrop of China criticising the countermeasures taken by various countries including the US, Japan and India requiring travellers from China to undergo the required tests. Official COVID-19 figures from China have become unreliable as less testing is being done across the country following the recent easing of the "zero-COVID" policy. Beijing's decision to lift all travel restrictions, including scrapping of quarantine for inbound travellers from January 8 ahead of Chinese New Year, has caused alarm around the world. Millions of Chinese are expected to travel to various parts of the world for holiday during this period. 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WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Japan is still coping with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake earlier this month.</li><li>With its history of natural disasters, Japan is one of the countries best prepared for emergencies.</li></ul>Japan's Noto Peninsula is reeling from its most powerful earthquake in a century, but the death toll is remarkably low.The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the peninsula in central Japan on January 1, violently rattling buildings, triggering landslides, starting fires, and even forcing land upward to create new beaches on the coast.Such quakes can be incomprehensibly deadly. When a pair of tremors of similar magnitude <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/turkey-syria-earthquake-death-toll-disaster-of-the-century-2023-2">hit Turkey and Syria</a> last year, the disaster resulted in at least 56,000 deaths. In 2010 in Haiti, a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-haiti-gets-earthquakes-tectonic-plates-2021-8">7.0 earthquake</a> and its aftershocks killed up to 300,000 people. In 2005, a 7.6 quake killed at least 79,000 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/massive-earthquake-strikes-afghanistan-2015-10">in Pakistan</a>.As of Friday, however, the death toll from Japan's latest temblor was 94 people, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-accept-earthquake-relief-us-only-nikkei-2024-01-05/">Reuters</a> reported.It's no coincidence. Just look at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-damage-of-japans-2011-disaster-2016-3">mega-disaster Japan experienced</a> in 2011, much bigger than this latest quake. That March, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/r-special-report-tsunami-evacuees-caught-in-30-billion-money-trap-2014-10">triggered a tsunami</a> and a nuclear power-plant meltdown.While over 18,000 people died, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2021/03/11/learning-from-megadisasters-a-decade-of-lessons-from-the-great-east-japan-earthquake-drmhubtokyo">World Bank</a> noted that Japan's history of preparedness helped many evacuate and likely saved lives.The situation on the Noto Peninsula is dire, to be sure. The January 1 quake may have been the strongest one felt in the region in over 100 years, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=78c307dc166559a9feb42cd4ed0c915313e37c21a03e940f84ae266fbd02e1d3&amp;postID=6597228fa62cdd3ed8f380bd&amp;postSlug=japan-earthquake-safety-disaster-preparedness-2024-1&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-024-00010-1">Nature</a>. Over 200 people are unaccounted for and 30 villages remain inaccessible, while the rubble-ridden Wajima city is short of food and water for roughly 11,000 evacuees sheltering there, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-quake-death-toll-rises-73-search-survivors-enters-fourth-day-2024-01-04/">Reuters reported</a>.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/earthquake-osaka-japan-2018-6">Japan's quake resilience</a> isn't perfect, but experts say the nation is doing some things right: investing in infrastructure, enforcing strict building codes, and training its citizenry."Japan has lessons that they can give to everyone," Daniel Aldrich, a professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University who studies disasters and civil society, told Business Insider.<h2>Japan invests in its buildings</h2>Japan sits on four tectonic plates, making it an extremely <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-magnitude-66-earthquake-hits-northern-japan-near-major-city-2018-9">seismically active country</a>. The plates' constant grinding can cause 1,500 earthquakes a year. As a result, Japan has been honing its earthquake preparedness for many decades.After a series of natural disasters following World War II, Japan enacted the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act in 1961, which increased its investment and planning around earthquakes and floods.Japan now has some of the strictest building codes of any country in the world, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12codes.html">The New York Times</a> reported after the 2011 earthquake. Through decades of studying how the country's temblors affect its buildings, Japanese engineers have homed in on quake-resilient construction.Japan designs new buildings to rock side to side with an earthquake's movement, rather than staying still and letting that movement stress the structure.In tall buildings, giant pads made of rubber and steel help absorb some of the shaking from earthquakes, as do hydraulic shock absorbers. Many older structures were retrofitted to withstand disasters better.However, sometimes surviving the quake itself isn't enough. For example, BBC News reported that many older wooden structures in Wajima went up in flames after a fire broke out following the 2024 earthquake.Of course, Japan's wealth gives it an advantage over other quake-stricken countries. However, some of its seismic safety is more about mindset than money.<h2>Japan maintains a culture of emergency preparedness</h2>September 1 is Disaster Prevention Day in Japan. Officials designated the day in 1960 to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/disneyland-tokyo-eeyore-performer-stays-character-during-earthquake-warning-2024-1">prepare citizens for emergencies</a>.When he lived in Japan, Aldrich said he and his neighbors ran comprehensive drills for the day each year, practicing tourniquets, slings for broken arms, and how to spray house fires with a hose."Wherever you are in Japan, everyone has those drills," including children, Aldrich said. The government constantly communicates their importance," Aldrich said, adding, "Are you ready? What have you done? Do you know your neighbors? Can you help in a disaster? What skills can you bring?"<div type="image" title="Visitors crouch under a pink structure as an earthquake hit the region at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka in 2024" height="1500" width="2181" msid="106584886" hostid="261" sizebytes="449920"></div>Students participate in earthquake drills, and the government conducts simulations to test its readiness. The government also recommends people keep an emergency kit ready at all times.That's crucial to survival because affected regions can be cut off from emergency services for days after a disaster, just as much of the Noto Peninsula is now.In those cases, Aldrich said, your neighbors are your first responders. In over a decade of researching disasters, he's found that social relationships are a major predictor of survival. He said that community earthquake drills teach people what to do and help them trust their neighbors.In 2007, the Japan Meteorological Society launched its "Earthquake Early Warning System" (EEWS). The J-Alert system can also broadcast to TVs, radios, and cellphones.Tokyo even has a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/02/japan-vending-machines-to-automatically-offer-free-food-if-earthquake-hits">radio-equipped vending machine</a> that sounds an alarm to park-goers.<div type="image" title="Workers stand on a road where a car is stuck on a broken road after an earthquake in Japan" height="1500" width="2000" msid="106584887" hostid="261" sizebytes="286896"></div>Warnings come through a few seconds to a few minutes before the quake hits, giving people some time to get to a safer location. They're also crucial for rail travel. Japan Railways trains automatically halt when the earthquake detection system kicks in.In 2022, a bullet train derailed after a 7.4-magnitude quake, but none of the 78 passengers and crew were seriously injured, <a target="_blank" href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/f2bf62a8bb81-quake-hit-bullet-train-services-to-fully-resume-around-april-20.html">Kyodo News</a> reported. The train slowed significantly from its typical speed of up to 186 miles per hour, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/18/national/tohoku-train-derailment-shinkansen/">The Japan Times</a>.<h2>Japan installs resilient infrastructure</h2>Much like its buildings, Japan has the experience and the money to fortify its infrastructure against earthquakes.During that <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-economic-disaster-impact-2011-3">2011 disaster</a>, rapid response teams were able to quickly repair roads to help move supplies and assistance to affected areas. In one case, a torn-apart road took only six days to fix, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/24/japan-disaster-reconstruction-road-recovery">The Guardian</a> reported.<div type="image" title="Japan earthquake" height="1286" width="1715" msid="106584890" hostid="261" sizebytes="133282"></div>A 2021 World Bank report said the country learned several lessons from the 2011 disasters, from improving water supply infrastructure to fortifying backups to the undersea cables that power the internet.Aldrich said the biggest lesson was in revamping nuclear plant safety regulations.After the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, Japan was slow to restart using nuclear power. The Japan Times reported that 10 of its 33 reactors are in operation after being shut down over a decade ago.Experts are also concerned about the possibility of a very large "megaquake" occurring sometime in the next four decades, per <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/02/japan-vending-machines-to-automatically-offer-free-food-if-earthquake-hits">The Guardian</a>. In 2020 a Japanese government panel <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thesun.ie/news/5352026/japan-predicts-mega-earthquake-100ft-tsunami-obliterate-fukushima-plant/">warned</a> that another large tsunami could inundate the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-release-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-radioactive-wastewater-treated-safe-2023-8">Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant</a> at any time.<h2>The double disaster of a tsunami</h2><div type="image" title="A massive tsunami wave rushing over trees and houses in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan in 2011" height="1500" width="2351" msid="106584891" hostid="261" sizebytes="643428"></div>One of the reasons an earthquake in Japan can be so dangerous is the possibility of tsunamis.During the 1980s and '90s, Japan constructed seawalls to hold back gigantic waves. But in 2011, a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.npr.org/2011/07/05/137611026/what-went-wrong-in-fukushima-the-human-factor">40-foot tsunami</a> rushed over the 19-foot seawall at the Fukushima plant. The plant suffered a meltdown as a result.Despite a long history of disasters, the country wasn't fully prepared for the tsunami that developed following the 2011 earthquake, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420912000027">2012 report</a>.In some areas, buoys outfitted with sensors monitor for tsunamis. As with earthquake alerts, the Japan Meteorological Agency uses TV, radio, and mobile phones to distribute the warnings. Sirens also sound, often giving people several minutes of warning that a wave may strike.In contrast, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit a number of islands with no formal warning system and resulted in over 200,000 deaths, per <a target="_blank" href="https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream/2004tsu_max">NOAA</a>.According to the World Bank, historical knowledge may have helped save lives during Japan's 2011 tsunami. Some survivors knew how far waters could encroach due to stone markers residents had placed after earlier tsunamis. Some of the monuments are hundreds of years old.

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<keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> is a prime example of successfully growing a domestic pharmaceutical industry capable of meeting global supply needs, a top <keyword id="56000" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="UNICEF" source="Orion">UNICEF</keyword> official said. India can share its expertise and learnings from the model it used to foster the pharmaceutical industry with countries and regions trying to build capacities including how to incentivise the private sector, ensure regulatory and quality assurance systems in place and develop a globally competitive industry, Tara L Prasad, Senior Manager, <keyword id="17626198" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="centre-for-health-emergency-strategy" source="Orion">Centre for Health Emergency Strategy</keyword> and Partnerships at UNICEF, said. She is here to attend the third G20 Health Working Group meeting that is being held from June 4 to 6. "Further, India can share lessons on how to create an enabling environment, including investments in human and physical capital, as well as its learnings in moving beyond generic industry to expanding research and development innovator industry," Prasad said. The G20 more broadly can call upon its industry to ensure manufacturers include licensing and technology transfer for essential and emergency health supplies to different regions to ensure equitable access. On the key lessons learnt from the <keyword id="8764262" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="covid" source="Orion">COVID</keyword>-19 pandemic that can guide how G20 countries and the global health community collectively strengthen coordination for access to medical countermeasures, Prasad said Covid was unprecedented in its global scale, the novelty of the virus and the wide socio-economic repercussions and ripple effects it created. Looking at Covid, some key lessons are that equity needs to be considered from the start and across the value chain. And, secondly, low-and middle-income country stakeholders need to be involved from the onset to ensure access partnerships take into account the context and needs of the countries they aim to support, she said. "Thirdly, vaccines alone are not enough. We need a toolkit with many interventions including tests, treatments, personal protective equipment and ancillary supplies," she said. "Related to that, efforts need to be multi-sectoral considering the cascading effect of a health emergency - water, sanitation, hygiene and infection prevention control measures are equally important," Prasad stated. Manufacturing of medical countermeasures needs to be geographically diversified to ensure resilience against global shocks, reduced lead times during an outbreak, and increase overall regional and global health security. "We need more investments in research and development for priority pathogens including those with limited market size and limited R and D investments and to create more incentives for industry to engage and increase risk-sharing between public and private sectors," Prasad said. Strengthening health systems needs to be an integral part of preparedness, including strengthening primary health care systems at the community level, she said, adding this will ensure systems are better prepared to deliver novel medical countermeasures (MCMs) when they become available. "Community engagement is essential to reduce hesitancy and increase trust and uptake in MCMs," she stated. On critical components of the global MCM coordination, she said, "We have the opportunity to ensure the world emerges from the Covid pandemic stronger than before." The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator - ACT-A - partnership is "an example of what is possible if we work together. Building on the collaboration and lessons learnt from ACT-A we are now in a position to reinvigorate efforts to ensure more equitable global health outcomes," she said. "We cannot let 'peacetime' between pandemics and largescale health emergencies result in complacency. For the next pandemic, the world will need a diversified vaccine and product portfolio, expanded production spread across the world, and stronger and more resilient health systems," she said. Equity needs to be at the heart of access to medical countermeasures, and the emphasis of global collaboration needs to prioritise reaching the vulnerable, the hardest to reach and the most underserved, including women and children, she said. 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An <keyword id="6354427" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="apple" source="Orion">Apple</keyword> campus here was partially evacuated after an envelope containing a white powder substance was discovered by first responders, the media reported on Wednesday. According to a report in <keyword id="13393883" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nbc-bay-area" source="Orion">NBC Bay Area</keyword>, emergency personnel from the <keyword id="13393882" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="santa-clara-county-fire-department" source="Orion">Santa Clara County Fire Department</keyword> attended to a possible hazmat situation but found nothing dangerous. "Officials later deemed the situation under control and said employees could go back inside. Officials did not immediately say what the substance was," the report noted. Apple told employees at Apple Park that "authorities concluded that there was no presence of hazardous materials," according to an email obtained by The Verge. The email says that operations were back to normal, and that "all sections are open." Apple did not immediately commented. Tech giant Apple's employees will start to return to offices on April 11. According to reports, the news came more than two years after the majority of Apple's corporate workforce started working from home because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The move signals that big employers in <keyword id="2379" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="california" source="Orion">California</keyword> are comfortable enough with risks regarding Covid-19 infection to reopen offices as cases drop in the state and across the country. The global return-to-office plan for Apple comes after Google said this week that its employees would return on April 4. Apple was one of the first companies to tell its employees to work from home in March 2020, even though the company's culture emphasises in-person collaboration and that the development of new hardware products is best performed by on-site employees. Apple's retail stores are now open around the world. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-testing-ads-in-windows-11-file-explorer/articleshow/90217254.cms">Microsoft is reportedly testing ads in Windows 11 File Explorer</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/apple-supplier-foxconn-halts-production-at-its-shenzhen-plants-after-sudden-covid-19-outbreak/articleshow/90215795.cms">Apple supplier Foxconn halts production at its Shenzhen plants after sudden COVID-19 outbreak</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/amex-reveals-its-metaverse-ambitions-in-a-patent-filing-for-tech-to-let-people-to-use-its-payment-cards-in-virtual-worlds/articleshow/90236616.cms">AmEx reveals its metaverse ambitions in a trademark filing for tech to let people to use its payment cards in virtual worlds</a>

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Barely a week after imposing a lockdown on the unvaccinated, <keyword id="21177" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="austria" source="Orion">Austria</keyword> on Friday announced a full national <keyword id="8925953" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19-lockdown" source="Orion">Covid-19 lockdown</keyword> starting next week. Austria became the first country in the European Union to take such a measure in the face of the Covid-19 resurgence. Besides, it has also made vaccination mandatory from February 1, Euronews reported. The new measures announced by Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg on Friday morning will come into effect initially for 10 days starting Monday. Most stores will close, and cultural events will be cancelled. "We have to look reality in the face," Schallenberg was quoted as saying at a news conference. "We do not want a fifth wave. Nor do we want a sixth or seventh wave," the Chancellor said, as reported by public broadcaster ORF. After 10 days, the effects will be assessed and if Covid cases don't drop sufficiently, the lockdown can be extended to a maximum of 20 days. However, according to Austria's Health Minister, schools would remain open for those who need to go there, but all parents have been asked to keep their children at home if possible. The lockdown comes as Covid infections soared in Austria in recent weeks. Daily case numbers have trebled in November, touching over 15,000 on Thursday. According to the latest figures, the incidence rate was 990.7 cases per 100,000 people in the past week, and Health Minister Wolfgang Mackstein said imposing a lockdown was the "last resort". The country's per capita infection rate is also the highest so far this year. Hospitals have been overwhelmed with many new Covid patients, and deaths have been rising again, the report said. Last Monday, Vienna had announced a nationwide lockdown for about two million unvaccinated people. Under this, people aged 12 years and older were banned from going outside except for essential activities such as work, attending classes, essential shopping, or going for a walk. The country has 65 per cent people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 -- one of the lowest rates in Western Europe. Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) had warned that as Covid cases continue to mount in Europe and Central Asia, the regions are likely to see about 500,000 additional deaths before February 1. Hans Kluge, WHO's European Regional Director, attributed the increased risk to low mask use, vaccine hesitancy and spread of the more transmissible Delta variant. Many other European countries are also planning to reimpose restrictions in the wake of a steep rise in the number of cases, the BBC reported. Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger has announced what he called a lockdown for the unvaccinated starting Monday. The country had reported a record 8,342 cases on Wednesday. The Czech government is also limiting access to a variety of services. The <keyword id="44173" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="netherlands" source="Orion">Netherlands</keyword> introduced a partial lockdown last weekend. German leaders have also agreed to introduce restrictions for unvaccinated people in areas with high Covid hospital admissions that would affect 12 of Germany's 16 states, the report said. Daily infections had hit a new German record of 52,826 on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/mindhouse-raises-6-million-in-seed-funding-led-by-binny-bansal/articleshow/87798613.cms">Flipkart's Binny Bansal bets on Zomato cofounder's two-year-old venture</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/farm-laws-timeline-important-milestones-from-their-enactment-to-withdrawal/slidelist/87795876.cms">Farm laws timeline – important milestones from their enactment to withdrawal</a>

COVID-19 situation worsens in Europe — Netherlands, Austria imposes full lockdown

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A proper global response could have averted the COVID-19 <keyword id="43587" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic">pandemic</keyword>, a WHO-backed report found. </li><li>Its authors said a "fundamental transformation" was needed to prevent a future pandemic.</li><li>It was critical of both national leaders and <keyword id="6366244" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="who">WHO</keyword>, which was slow to declare an emergency.</li></ul>The COVID-19 pandemic, and most of its death and devastation, could have been averted by a proper global response, <a href="https://theindependentpanel.org/expert-independent-panel-calls-for-urgent-reform-of-pandemic-prevention-and-response-systems/">a panel backed by the World Health Organization said Wednesday</a>.The report, by The Independent Panel for Pandemic <keyword id="86702" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="preparedness">Preparedness</keyword> and Response, said the resources and know-how to control the coronavirus existed all along but world leaders failed to use them properly.It noted that the experience of previous pandemics could have helped but was not put to proper use. <a href="https://theindependentpanel.org/expert-independent-panel-calls-for-urgent-reform-of-pandemic-prevention-and-response-systems/">The full 86-page report can be found here</a>.International systems and institutions "failed to protect us," concluded Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the chair of the panel and a former president of Liberia.The world "would have avoided the catastrophe we are in today" if experts had learned from previous health crises, Johnson Sirleaf said.The report is critical of WHO, saying it took too long <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-wuhan-coronavirus-2019-ncov-global-health-emergency-2020-1">to declare a "public-health emergency of international concern,"</a> a decision that helped spur urgent action from national governments.For months after WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak an emergency, too many countries adopted a "wait-and-see" approach, which seemed less costly, instead of aggressively containing the virus, <a href="https://theindependentpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/COVID-19-Make-it-the-Last-Pandemic_final.pdf">the report said</a>.The report analyzed the response from 28 countries.It found that countries that recognized the threat of COVID-19 early did much better than those that waited.Countries that "devalued <keyword id="41551" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="science">science</keyword>, denied the potential impact of the pandemic, delayed comprehensive action, and allowed distrust to undermine efforts" had the poorest results, <a href="https://theindependentpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/COVID-19-Make-it-the-Last-Pandemic_final.pdf">the experts said in the report</a>.The panel also admonished the International Health Regulations, the only legally binding set of rules to direct how countries respond to an international crisis.These "served to constrain rather than facilitate rapid action," the report says.China and WHO were also criticized in the report for waiting <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-no-transmission-coronavirus-tweet-was-to-appease-china-guardian-2020-4">too long to say the virus was spreading between humans</a> in the city of Wuhan and to warn the world about human-to-human transmission, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fb698a43-0f97-4142-9ff5-15dde66ffae0">the Financial Times reported</a>.The report suggests "a fundamental transformation" to the system, its cochair Helen Clark, a former prime minister of New Zealand, said.It proposes to:<ul><li>create a new Global Health Threats Council,</li><li>give WHO more power to investigate threats,</li><li>create an International Pandemic Financing Facility, with a $5 billion to $10 billion annual budget and up to $100 billion in reserve for emergencies.</li></ul>"If we do not act to change it now, it will not protect us from the next pandemic threat, which could happen at any time," Sirleaf said.

World leaders had the ability to avert the COVID-19 pandemic but failed to do it, a scathing WHO-commissioned report said

One year after lockedown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, most regions in the <keyword id="1777320" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Northern-Italy">northern Italy</keyword> are reimposing <keyword id="6413318" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Restrictions">restrictions</keyword> to curb a resurgence of the virus, closing down non-essential shops and reducing the movement of people. Since Monday, 10 populous regions and the Autonomous Province of Trento have been labelled as high-risk "red zones." The containment measures will last until Easter in early April, Xinhua reported. In northern Italy's Veneto region, 1,901 <keyword id="53748" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-cases">new cases</keyword> were confirmed on Tuesday alone, with the number of patients hospitalised or in intensive care units also on the rise. Regional President Luca Zaia is concerned about the deteriorating <keyword id="61888" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="situation">situation</keyword>, and told a regular press conference that "the alarming growth of cases is confirmed by both swab tests and hospitalisations." "In this scenario, we will need to activate the Covid hospitals again, and we foresee a difficult situation for at least two weeks," he said. On pedestrian shopping streets in the region, fashion shops were shut down, while patrolling police persuaded passers-by to return home. Like last year, pedestrians have to justify why they are outside and where they are going -- any infringement of the anti-virus rules will be punished with a fine of at least 400 euros ($476). Compared to the first lockdown in March 2020, people have a different feeling about Covid-19 restrictions this time. "Last year everyone was shocked, afraid. You didn't understand what was going on, the perception of the intensity of the virus," said Andrea Bedorin, a communications consultant in Italy. "Now you know more or less what is going on. We are equipped with masks, with devices, with supply of gel; hospitals know the procedures that they have to undertake," he added. However, Bedorin said he senses the fatigue among Italians in the fight against Covid-19, who are further frustrated that the ongoing vaccination campaign in Italy has lagged behind that in Britain. "You can feel the fatigue, because you don't see the end of this nightmare, I can say, because it seems there is no end at all. Also mentally you don't reach a level where you can plan the future months," he said. Taxi driver Moreno Cabbia said he does not understand why the country is returning to a critical situation despite its one-year fight against the pandemic. "I see that many countries in a good condition were in lockdown for a longer period than what we did in Italy. In this regard, I still don't know what is the best solution." As an essential worker exempted from the restriction measures, Cabbia said it is important to keep spirits high and be optimistic. "It is already good that we haven't been infected. We have to think positive, otherwise we will all end up at the psychologist's." Meanwhile, anthropologist Laura Longo believes people are more scared today compared to last year. "They are more desperate and after one year the problem is still there," she said, adding that the authorities should have implemented a lockdown as early as October to stop the fast-spreading virus and the growth of new strains. "We are not ahead of the game. We are behind the game and this game is not in our hands," she said. Regarding the fact that some people keep defying the containment rules, Longo said she believes there is a form of "provocation" in the younger generations, who only a few days earlier frequented bars and went shopping. "I see there is a lack of understanding of the problem. There are people who realize the gravity of the situation and others who do not," she said. Speaking about the public health strategies in such Asian countries as China, Longo said, "according to the news and data coming from Asia, their approach, in the fight against the virus, was more effective, so the real issue is to apply that model here." 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