Day: 17 November 2021

Comites, un flop annunciato. “Pochi iscritti a votare, colpa del governo italiano”

STOCCARDA – Si avvicinano le elezioni dei Comites, i Comitati degli Italiani all’Estero, ed emerge che sono in realtà pochi coloro che si sono iscritti per votare il prossimo 3 dicembre: per poter esercitare questo diritto era infatti necessario iscriversi entro il 3 novembre scorso e l’hanno fatto soltanto in 177.835 su un totale di 4.975.299 di iscritti all’Aire, l’Anagrafe degli Italiani Residenti all’Estero.  (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 November 17, 2021, at 4:00 pm EST.

On Wednesday, health officials in Russia logged 36,626 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 9.1 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 85.8% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 1,247 Covid-related deaths for a total of 259,084 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Trudeau in Washington. O’Toole: iron fist against dissent

TORONTO – Justin Trudeau and Erin O’Toole are still uphill, just days before the reopening of the federal parliament. The prime minister is engaged tomorrow in the summit of the Leaders of North America – or summit of the Three Amigos, as it has now entered the common jargon – in Washington with US President Joe Biden and with his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador, while the conservative leader has to deal with the internal rebellion that aims to change the leadership of the Conservative Party.  (more…)

Covid: 12 dead in Ontario, one was under 20 years old

TORONTO – Covid-19, twelve deaths in the last twenty-four hours: among the deads, even a very young person, under the age of 20, in the Windsor-Essex area (this is the only detail provided by the Ministry of Health of the Ontario). “We extend our deepest condolences to their family,” said Ministry spokeswoman Alexandra Hilkene. “Out of respect for the family and their privacy at this difficult time, we will not share further details of the case at this time.” The analysis of today’s data relating to the pandemic in Ontario opens with this tragic news. (more…)