November 3, 2021 | Canadian National Multilingual Newsgroup

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

by Priscilla Pajdo November 3, 2021August 25, 2023

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of November 3, 2021, at 4:30 pm EST.

On Wednesday, health officials in Russia logged 40,443 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 8.6 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 86.2% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 1,189 Covid-related deaths for a total of 242,060 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Covid: booster for vulnerable people but Ford won’t mandate vaccines for health-care workers

by Mariella Policheni November 3, 2021August 25, 2023

TORONTO – The long wait is over. The Ontario government has decided that due to concerns about staff shortages in hospitals, it will not make vaccination mandatory for health-care workers. This was announced today by Prime Minister Ford himself, sparking endless controversy: both the Ontario Science Table and doctors and experts in the field had asked to make the vaccine mandatory for health workers. “The issue is complex. After reviewing the situation our government decided to maintain its flexible approach by leaving the decision to individual hospitals,” he said. (more…)

Good News: Prostate cancer death-rate plummets 50% in 26 years

by Priscilla Pajdo November 3, 2021August 25, 2023

The month of November, also known as Movember, is a time to raise awareness of men’s health issues including prostate cancer. New data reveals that continued progress in early detection and breakthrough treatments have cut the prostate cancer death rate by half over the last 26 years.

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Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination campaign

by Priscilla Pajdo November 3, 2021August 25, 2023

With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 22.5 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on November 3, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 16.933 vaccine doses on Tuesday, up from 13,774 doses the day prior.

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No honeymoon for Trudeau, Tory base in revolt against O’Toole

by Francesco Veronesi November 3, 2021August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Justin Trudeau’s European tour was a breath of fresh air, but now it’s time to tackle the internal grit. Today the Prime Minister left Glasgow, Scotland, and reached Ottawa in the late afternoon. After the official visit to the Netherlands, the G20 Summit in Rome, the bilateral meetings – including the one with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi – and the climate summit in Glasgow, Trudeau is preparing to face a series of commitments at Parliament Hill that promise quite challenging. First of all, the liberal leader has to deal with an extremely fragmented political context, with a honeymoon with the electorate that basically never began and with a long series of knots to be solved in the coming months. (more…)

Canadian National Multilingual Newsgroup

Day: 3 November 2021

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

Covid: booster for vulnerable people but Ford won’t mandate vaccines for health-care workers

Good News: Prostate cancer death-rate plummets 50% in 26 years

Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination campaign

No honeymoon for Trudeau, Tory base in revolt against O’Toole

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