Day: 5 August 2021

Кто может пересечь границу Канады? Можем ли мы свободно поехать в США и Европу?

Кто может пересечь границу Канады? Можем ли мы свободно поехать в США и Европу?

Сейчас середина лета, многие из нас уже были в отпуске, а многие только планируют это. Мы хотели бы навестить друзей или родственников или провести отпуск своей мечты в Соединенных Штатах или Европе. Наши родственники, родственники и друзья хотели бы навестить нас в Канаде. (more…)

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of August 5, 2021, at 5:00pm EST.

On Thursday, health officials in Mexico logged 20,685 new infections, numbers not seen since January. Of the cumulative 2.9 million confirmed positive cases, 78.3% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 611, brining the total number of fatalities to 242,547.

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School, “created the illusion of normality”

TORONTO – Ontario’s four largest education unions — Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) and the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) — are attacking the government’s return-to-school plan. A plan, they say in unison, “incomplete and inadequate.” The accusation is that of having attempted to “create the illusion of normality” when “we are still in a pandemic”.  (more…)

Italy: ‘Green Pass’ extended to schools and universities, no-vax teachers without salary

ROME – On the eve of entry into force of the Green Pass in Italy (from tomorrow), necessary to access restaurants, museums, cultural centers, swimming pools, gyms and to attend shows or participate in festivals (to name a few), the same document is extended to new categories, as already widely anticipated in recent days: school staff, first of all. But it will be necessary to show the “vaccination passport” also to travel on long-distance trains (excluding, however, local transport). (more…)