Canada, timori per la quarta ondata: “Forse la peggiore”

TORONTO – “We are in big trouble”. “Siamo nei guai fino al collo”: con questa breve frase e senza alcun giro di parole il dottor Joe Vipond, medico in un pronto soccorso a Calgary e co-fondatore di Masks4Canada, ha fotografato l’attuale situazione. Con il numero di casi in aumento in Ontario, Alberta e B.C., il medico teme che – a meno che i governi non agiscano per fermarla – questa quarta ondata di Covid-19 possa essere peggiore delle prime… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Calano i casi, ma mancano migliaia di test

TORONTO – Meno contagi, ma anche meno test per rilevarli. L’Ontario ha registrato ieri 486 nuovi casi di Covid-19, contro i 639 di lunedì: un calo, dunque, dopo che negli ultimi giorni si erano sempre registrati più di 600 casi. Il governo provinciale ha però reso noto che nelle ultime 24 ore sono stati elaborati 17.369 test (contro i 20.000 di lunedì e i 23.075 di domenica) e che c’è un arretrato di 11.370 test in attesa di risultati. La positività resta dunque alta, al 3%. La scorsa settimana era del 2,6%… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

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 August 24, 2021, at 4:45pm EST.

On Tuesday, health officials in Spain logged 10,072 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 4.8 million. Of the cumulative total, 87.4% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, Covid-related deaths increased by 190, bringing the total number of fatalities to 83,527.

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Salaries, Serie A in second place after the Premier League

ROMA – “Serie A is in crisis, the Italian championship is destined to become a secondary tournament, less and less money is spinning”. How many times in recent years have we heard these considerations, a sad and bleak de profundis for Serie A, unable to stand up to comparison – it was said – with the petrodollars that inflate football in half of Europe and the investments of Russian oligarchs and American multinationals?  Continue reading→

Fears fourth wave: “Perhaps the worst”

CALGARY – “We are in big trouble”. “We are in trouble up to our necks”: with this short sentence Dr. Joe Vipond, a doctor in an emergency room in Calgary and co-founder of Masks4Canada, photographed the current situation. With the number of cases on the rise in Ontario, Alberta and B.C., the doctor fears that – unless governments act to stop it – this fourth wave of Covid-19 may be worse than the first. Continue reading→

Liberal-conservatives still neck and neck

TORONTO – Liberals and Conservatives separated by a handful of votes, NDP sharply detached, Bloc growing in Quebec and Greens and People’s Party in trouble. In the second week of this summer election campaign, all the polls confirm that the balance of power between the parties in the running has now stabilized, with Erin O’Toole’s Tories patiently continuing to erode the support for the Liberals of outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and with the certainty, now established, that regardless of the results of September 20, also in the next legislature the country will be led by a minority government. The numbers, on the other hand, leave very little hope for those who have the ambition to win the absolute majority of the seats at stake in this election: no one, in fact, seems able to reach 170, the minimum number of deputies necessary to have an absolute majority in the House of Commons.  Continue reading→

Covid-19, Del Duca writes to Ford: “Let’s work together for the people of Ontario”

TORONTO – “Ontario’s Covid-19 numbers are starting to be worrying and schools will shortly reopen: it’s time we all unite and work together for the people of Ontario”: the appeal is from Steven Del Duca (in the pic above, from his Twitter profile), Ontario Liberal Party’s leader, in a letter sent to premier Doug Ford and all the majority and opposition political parties and to representatives of associations of doctors, nurses, teachers and public employees and trade unions.  Continue reading→

Ontario: cases down today, but thousands of tests are missing

TORONTO – Less infections, but also fewer tests to detect them. Ontario recorded 486 new cases of Covid-19 today, compared to 639 on Monday: a decline, therefore, after more than 600 cases had always been recorded in the last few days. However, the provincial government has announced that 17,369 tests have been processed in the last 24 hours (compared to 20,000 on Monday and 23,075 on Sunday) and that there is a backlog of 11,370 tests awaiting results. The positivity therefore remains high, at 3%. Last week it was 2.6%.  Continue reading→