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 16, 2021, at 4:45pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Mexico logged 9,295 new infections pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 3.1 million. Of the cumulative total, 78.6% are considered recovered. As of 4:45pm today, Covid-related deaths increased by 213, bringing the total number of fatalities to 248,380.

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Ontario Medical Association and Coalition for Kids call for mandatory vaccines for anyone working in a school

TORONTO – With the return to school approaching by great strides, the pressure on the Ontario government to make vaccination of teachers and non-teaching staff mandatory increases. Raising the voice is the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) with a statement signed by the president, Dr. Adam Kassam: “Schools should be safe places for everyone. That’s why we’re asking for vaccination for teachers and those who work in schools in addition to the mandatory use of masks inside and other measures when schools reopen in September,” Kassam said. Continue reading→

Ontario, 526 new cases today: only 350 are not vaccinated

TORONTO – There are now more than 500 new cases of Covid-19 in Ontario every day: today, Ontario health officials reported 526, after 511 on Sunday, 578 on Saturday, 510 on Friday and 513 in Thursday. Prior to Thursday, the province had not reported more than 500 cases in 24 hours since June 13, when 530 new cases had been registered. The seven-day average of Ontario is now 469, compared to 283 daily infections last week.  Continue reading→

The election will be a referendum on how Trudeau handled the pandemic

TORONTO – The federal vote on September 20 is a gamble for Justin Trudeau. At the polls, the election will inevitably turn into a sort of referendum on how the outgoing prime minister managed the Covid-19 emergency and, in the future, on how the country can get out of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. According to the polls, the Liberal leader at the starting line is ahead of the other candidates for the leadership of Canada, although the goal of achieving a parliamentary majority – unlike the vote two years ago – still remains a long way off.  Continue reading→

Conservatives release the full platform, Singh vs. Trudeau

TORONTO – Relaunching the economy, supporting growth, strengthening anti-Covid measures, increasing funds for Health. These are the main measures contained in the Conservative Party’s electoral platform presented today by Tory leader Erin O’Toole. It is a substantial 160-page document, with which O’Toole tries to lay the foundations to reach that slice of the electorate not satisfied with the work done by the outgoing prime minister during the pandemic.  Continue reading→

Afghanistan, sos for stuck Canadians. “We will bring you home”

TORONTO – The question is: how many Canadians are still stuck in Afghanistan? The federal government will not disclose it. “Security reasons”. “Due to the security situation in Afghanistan, Global Affairs does not disclose the number of Canadians registered in the Canadian overseas registration database (Roca),” reads an e-mailed statement from a Global Affairs Canada (Gac) spokesperson to Global News, on Sunday night. And, above all, it is unknown if, how and when all these people (and with them the 20,000 Afghans that the government announced on Friday that it wants to welcome) will be able to “land” in Canada.  Continue reading→

Kabul, people clinging to planes to escape

KABUL – Chaos in Afghanistan. Despite the assurances of the Taliban, who have captured Kabul and taken control of the presidential palace by announcing the rebirth of the Islamic Emirate and guaranteeing that “citizens’ lives will not be at risk”, people are fleeing the country.

Today the capital’s airport was literally stormed. On social networks, in particular on Twitter, numerous videos have appeared showing people running on the airport runways and trying to board flights, clinging to trolleys, engines. Someone crashes as the plane gains altitude.

Chilling scenes, such as those posted by Muslim Shirzad, teacher and former TV presenter of Tolonews, an Afghan broadcaster. Seven dead were counted yesterday. Continue reading→

Kanseladong Pagdiriwang – Toronto Mawawalan na naman nang halagang $8.35 Billion


TORONTO – Sa kasalukuyan sa isang lugar, mayroon 18,000 sukat na talampakan na bodega, mayroon mga tapetang pang lamesa at 5,000 silya napupuno nang alikabok at naluluma. Kung mayroon kang isang okassion, kailagan mo nang sibleta, kutsara’t tinidor, lugar para sa mga tao para upuan. Mga maliit na bagay bagay na marahil di natin binibigyan nang pansin dati rati. Ito’y maga bagay na bumubuo sa isang okassion nang isang industria na malapit nang mag wakas dulot, nang Kobid-19.  Continue reading→