Campagna elettorale col rischio Omicron e incertezza futura

TORONTO – Mancano cinque mesi al voto provinciale, ma in Ontario la campagna elettorale è già iniziata e prosegue senza sosta. Il governo guidato dal premier Doug Ford negli ultimi giorni ha lasciato spazio al Comitato tecnico scientifico e al Chief Medical Officer Kieran Moore e ha avviato una campagna di annunci a catena che hanno tanto il sapore di promesse elettorali… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Covid-19 in Ontario, ora la media è di mille casi al giorno

TORONTO – L’Ontario torna sopra i mille nuovi casi giornalieri di Covid-19. Ieri ne sono stati registrati 1.009, oltre a 8 decessi che portano il numero totale, da inizio pandemia, in provincia a 10.044. La media mobile delle infezioni giornaliere, calcolate su sette giorni, è ora pari a 1.007, in netto aumento rispetto all’821 della scorsa settimana: è una media che non si vedeva da oltre sei mesi… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Omicron emphasizes the urgency of vaccinations


From the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ontario has reported more than 626,000 confirmed positive cases, the majority of which were non-fatal. Unfortunately, 10,036 fatalities (as of December 8) were attributable to the virus.

Health authorities point out that following the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, the incidence of severe infection and fatalities decreased when higher vaccination rates were achieved among the population. Continue reading→

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 8, 2021, at 4:30 pm EST.

On Wednesday, health officials in Germany logged 68,468 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 6.3 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 82.4% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 568 Covid-related deaths for a total of 104,929 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Election campaign with the Omicron risk and future uncertainty

TORONTO – There are five months to the provincial vote, but in Ontario the election campaign has already begun and continues unabated. The government led by Prime Minister Doug Ford in recent days has given way to the Scientific Technical Committee and Chief Medical Officer Kieran Moore and has started a chain ad campaign that have so much the flavor of electoral promises.  Continue reading→

Covid-19, Ontario now averages 1,000 cases per day

TORONTO – Ontario returns above the thousand new daily cases of Covid-19. Today 1,009 were registered, in addition to 8 deaths which bring the total number in the province, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 10,044. The moving average of daily infections, calculated over seven days, is now 1,007, up sharply from 821 last week – an average that hasn’t been seen for over six months. 38,502 tests processed in the last 24 hours: the positivity rate was 3.3 percent.  Continue reading→

Parrocchia St. Clare: un Centro della Comunità Italiana del dopoguerra

TORONTO – Quando l’insegnamento era una vocazione e non semplicemente un posto di lavoro. 47 allievi (ci mancavano quel giorno altri tre) – molti di essi ovviamente birichini – di età 8-9 anni sotto la tutela di una graziosa giovane, Audrey Gallant nel grado tre. Lei proveniente dalla Prince Edward Island dove i genitori coltivavano alcuni ettari delle famose patate… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>