Update of the Covid-19 Landscape


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[GTranslate]Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of March 6, 2021, at 1:00pm (EST).

Globally, there have been over 116 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 92 million people have recovered and more than 2.5 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Public attitudes towards Covid-19 vaccines around the world

[GTranslate]TORONTO – Given the importance of achieving high vaccine coverage to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19, the effectiveness to do so will depend on the number of people willing to get vaccinated. So far, the numbers do not seem overwhelming.

People’s attitudes towards vaccines vary based on a number of factors including their concerns, their values and their lifestyles. GWI (GlobalWebIndex), a company providing market research and insight to agencies around the world, collected research data from various countries to gauge public perception towards the Covid-19 vaccine. Continue reading→

উইগুর গণহত্যায় চীনকে দায়ী করেছে কানাডার সংসদ মোহাম্মদ আলী বোখারী, সিএনএনজি নিউজ, টরন্টো

The Canadian parliament blames China for the Uighur genocide

Muhammad Ali Bukhari, CNNG News, Toronto

গত সোমবার কানাডার মোট ৩৩৮ জন জাতীয় সংসদ সদস্যের মাঝে ২৬৬ জন চীনের বিরুদ্ধে এ সংক্রান্ত উত্থাপিত প্রস্তাবের স্বপক্ষে ভোট দিয়েছেন। যদিও অধিকাংশ মন্ত্রীসভার সদস্যরা ভোট প্রদানে অনুপস্থিত ছিলেন। তদুপরি তাতে সুস্পষ্টভাবে হাউজ অব কমন্স চীনে উইগুর ও অপরাপর টার্কিক ভাষাভাষী মুসলিম গণহত্যায় দেশটির নির্বিচার কর্মযজ্ঞকে দোষারোপে সক্ষম হয়েছে। Continue reading→

Gates: “Governi impreparati
sulla pandemia”

ROMA – “I nostri Governi non ci hanno preparati. Non hanno guardato avanti, non hanno fatto le cose che avrebbero fatto sì che la pandemia potesse essere un evento di importanza secondaria”: così Bill Gates, fondatore di Microsoft, intervistato in collegamento da Seattle alla trasmissione televisiva italiana “Che tempo che fa”, dove è intervenuto per presentare il suo libro “Clima. Come evitare un disastro – Le soluzioni di oggi, le sfide di domani”, uscito in contemporanea mondiale il 16 febbraio in oltre 35 Paesi. Continue reading→

Twelve months into the pandemic and we don’t seem to be any further ahead

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World Stats on Covid-19

[GTranslate]TORONTO – It has been a year. Of observing. Of learning. Of second-guessing. Of wondering if anyone knows what’s going on. Suppose our system or our leaders are structured and equipped to deal with a crisis. Twelve months into this pandemic and we don’t seem to be any further ahead. Continue reading→