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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 September 7, 2021, at 5:15pm EST.
On Tuesday, health officials in the UK logged 37,489 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 7 million. A number which surpasses that of Russia’s total case count. Of the cumulative total, 80.3% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 209, bringing the total number of fatalities to 133,483.
Ontario and Quebec, infections in decline: less than six hundred a day
TORONTO – After the sleepy long weekend of the second “pandemic” Labor Day in its history, Ontario wakes up with good news: infections have dropped, at least in the last two days. 581 on Monday and 564 today, against 811 on Sunday, 944 on Saturday and 807 on Friday. The seven-day moving average therefore stops at 746 (yesterday it was 757). It is true that fewer tests were carried out: 19,200 swabs performed on Monday and 17,118 those on Tuesday, against 22,410 on Sunday when 811 cases were recorded. The positivity rate therefore rises to 3.5% (average percentage of the two days) against 2.9% three days ago. Continue reading→
Saint-Léonard – Saint-Michel: A Liberal secure riding
The electoral district of Saint-Léonard – Saint-Michel, formerly Saint-Léonard, is located in the City of Montreal, east of the constituency of Bourassa. With a population of 113,210 residents, it is home to a number of culturally diverse ethnic groups.
According to Statistics Canada, in 2016, the most current data available, Italians make up 23% of the constituents in the district. That translates into 25,510 residents, one of the largest concentrations of Italians in Quebec.
It’s countdown for the two debates, Ontario will be decisive
TORONTO – It’s countdown to the two televised debates between the leaders of federal parties. A double appointment, that of tomorrow evening in French and on Friday in English, considered as the real key moment of the electoral campaign in view of the appointment at the polls on September 20th. The prime minister candidates approach the two debates with different moods and objectives, based on what happened in the three weeks of the electoral campaign and, above all, taking into account the polls that over the last month have recorded a profound change in the balance of power between the parties in the race. Continue reading→
Election Campaigning: things could get worse before they get better
TORONTO – I feel sorry for Trudeau. Nothing in his campaign seems to resonate with the general public. Every step his campaign designs instead appears counter-intuitive and “testy”. In fact, fewer and fewer people are willing to “cut him any slack”. It seems only yesterday that the easy solution to the country’s ills was a simple selfie of the Liberal leader. Today, polls are laying bare some acrimonious discontent. Some of it merciless. From Surrey to Cambridge to New Brunswick to Bolton to London, disparate crowds hound the Liberal Leader, hurling their profanities, their churlish rudeness and stones. Many among the protesters are women, giving a newer meaning to the term the “gentler sex”. Continue reading→
Afghanistan, the new Islamic government: among the ministers a ‘wanted’ from the FBI. Italy: “We will return to Kabul”
KABUL – Italy and Afghanistan: faraway, so close. After the “Taliban” opening in recent days, with the invitation of the spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid to reopen the tricolor embassy in Kabul, today the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, declared that Italy wants to guarantee a government presence in the Islamic Emirate. “With the countries of the area and with our partners we are reflecting on the creation of a joint presence in Afghanistan with mainly consular functions and which serves as an immediate point of contact”, said Di Maio in the briefing on Afghanistan in the Parliament. Continue reading→
Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 20.9 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. On September 7, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 14391 vaccine doses on Monday, down from 21,325 doses the day prior.
প্রধানমন্ত্রী ট্রুডোর উপর নির্বাচনী প্রচারকালে পাথরকুচি নিক্ষেপ
গত সোমবার এখানকার লন্ডনে এক নির্বাচনী প্রচার শেষে বাসে উঠার সময় কানাডার প্রধানমন্ত্রী জাস্টিন ট্রুডোর উপর পাথরকুচি নিক্ষেপ করা হয়েছে। ওই ঘটনার ভিডিও সিটিভি নিউজ তার ওয়েবসাইটে প্রচার করেছে। Continue reading→
PM Trudeau was stoned after campaign rally
LONDON (Canada) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hit by some gravel on Monday while boarding a campaign bus here in London. The video of the incident was released on the CTV website. It shows that part of the handful of small stones fell into the prime minister and his guards. Continue reading→
Nota diplomatica: Zucchero diabolico
Lo zucchero, come tutti i piaceri “facili”, è sempre stato guardato con sospetto. La sua elevazione a demone dietetico assoluto è però relativamente recente, un fenomeno di questo millennio. L’attenzione e i timori alla fine del secolo scorso erano invece orientati sui “grassi”: saturi, insaturi, polinsaturi e così via. Non se ne parla più tanto, anche se la parola indefinibile “lite” (“light” per i puristi) è rimasta nel linguaggio del marketing alimentare in ricordo dell’epoca…
