Ontario: caos tamponi, rebus scuola e contagi senza guida politica
TORONTO – Nella fase più critica di questa pandemia di Covid-19 il governo dell’Ontario è sparito. Negli ultimi giorni, complice anche il Natale, il premier e i ministri provinciali, che negli ultimi due anni hanno fatto sentire la loro presenza con cadenza quotidiana, non sono intervenuti per fare il punto sulla situazione epidemiologica in Ontario…
Ontario: 74.783 casi attivi, 491 negli ospedali
TORONTO – È stato un Natale sotto assedio, per l’Ontario: quasi diecimila nuovi casi di Covid-19 al giorno, con un tasso di positività che è arrivato a sfiorare il 20%. Dati impressionanti, che evidenziano l’elevatissima diffusione del virus alla quale, però, non corrisponde un aumento in proporzione dei ricoveri negli ospedali: i pazienti ovviamente aumentano (con numeri simili sarebbe impossibile il contrario), ma il loro numero non raggiunge, almeno al momento, “picchi” altrettanto impressionanti. E questo dovrebbe quantomeno confortare, perché mentre i dati relativi ai test non sono completi (come spiegheremo fra qualche riga), su quelli dei ricoveri non si scappa: chi sta male finisce all’ospedale…
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 December 28, 2021, at 5:00 pm EST.
On Tuesday, health officials in Spain logged 99,671 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 6.0 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 83.6% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 114 Covid-related deaths for a total of 89,253 fatalities attributable to Covid-19. Continue reading→
Fear Omicron in LTC, Ontario taking further action
The new Omicron variant is a risk in long-term care homes. And Ontario is trying to play ahead by putting in place temporary measures that will come into effect starting tomorrow when access to CTCs by general visitors will be suspended while only designated caregivers will be able to continue to enter long-term care homes. The daily absences of all residents for social reasons were also suspended.
TFC ready to engage Insigne, European Champion, to a 16 million EURO annual contract
TORONTO – Lorenzo Insigne like Sebastian Giovinco. The all- star striker playmaker for Napoli of the Italian Serie A and the Italian national team is apparently close to accepting an enticing offer from the ownership of Toronto FC for the coming season.
No updates on Covid in Alberta from 23 December, but there is the ‘black market’ of data
TORONTO – Canada has officially registered more than two million cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic: 2,058,872, to be exact. And they are probably “few”, given that on the one hand health workers are preparing for a possible post-holiday peak driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant and on the other hand the numbers of the last few days could represent only the tip of the iceberg given the difficulty in processing all tampons. But there is also who doens’t provide the data at all, such as Alberta. Continue reading→
Ontario: 74,783 active cases, 491 in hospitals
TORONTO – It was a Christmas under siege for Ontario: almost ten thousand new cases of Covid-19 a day, with a positivity rate that has reached 20%. Impressive data, which highlight the very high spread of the virus which, however, does not correspond to an increase in the proportion of hospitalizations: patients obviously increase (with similar numbers the opposite would be impossible), but their number does not reach, at least moment, equally impressive “peaks”. And this should at least comfort, because while the data relating to the tests are not complete (as we will explain in a few lines), there is no escaping those of the hospitalizations: those who are sick end up in hospital. But let’s start with the infections. Continue reading→
Fatal gun crime on the rise in Toronto
With just days left until the end of 2021, fatal shootings in Toronto have surpassed last year’s gun related fatalities. The latest data from Toronto Police Services (TPS) show 43 people were killed from gun violence compared to 39 the previous year. At a 10.3% increase in fatalities in just one year, Torontonians are concerned about the rising gun crime in the city.
“Salamat, Omicron”
Maraming dapat pasalamatan nitong Amerikan “Thanksgiving”. Ang una ang pagbabalik nang “Macy’s” na parade, na wala nang maga karton hubog tao, para pang pakita na mayroon nanunuod na maga tao sa kalsada. Nakating sa maga malalaking at magagandang lobo na “Baby Boss”. Ang pag babalik nang tinatawag “Itim na Bieyernes” unang pintong bukassan. (90+ bigillantes nag papangap “Fast and the Furious” in Walnut Creek). Ang hinihiwalay na lugar para sa maga hindi gustong bisita sa “Thanksgiving” lamesa nang pamilya-“Omicron”.
“Thank you, Omicron!”
TORONTO – There was much to give thanks for in the U.S. Thanksgiving. A return to the Macy’s Parade with non-cardboard cutout children standing in the streets of New York, in wonderment of the “Boss Baby” balloon. A return to Black Friday doorcrashers (90+ vigilantes recreating “Fast and the Furious” in Walnut Creek). And setting a place for an unwanted visitor at the Thanksgiving family table – “Omicron”.
