Dueling a double epidemic

[gtranslate]TORONTO – The Covid-19 pandemic response may have some unexpected effects, for instance, a reduction in the prevalence of influenza. Yet, it has exacerbated a dark and deadly issue, the opioid crisis in Canada. Communities across the nation are reeling from the unprecedented levels of drug-related deaths.

¿Qué hay debajo de la burbuja atlántica?

Canadá supera los 800 mil casos de Covid-19, pero en el Atlántico la situación está controlada

El mundo continúa decretando nuevos cierres, políticas y confinamientos para contener el rebrote de Covid-19, mientras que la burbuja con la que se protege el Atlántico canadiense parece surtir efecto. Incluso cuando el resto de Canadá ha cruzado otro desalentador umbral con más de 800 mil casos, la región atlántica continúa su ritmo de vida. Continue reading

Covid vaccine: testing on children
6-9 years, cases are increasing

[GTranslate]Pfizer and Moderna have started testing their vaccines on children from 12 years of age and hope to have the results of the trial by the summer: according to New York Times (read here: Covid Vaccines for Kids Are Coming, but Not for Many Months), the two pharmaceutical companies could later start testing on children even younger. Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, and AstraZeneca also have similar projects, but they are at a less advanced stage than Pfizer and Moderna. Continue reading

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 4, 2021, at 1:00pm (EST).

Globally, there have been over 115 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 91 million people have recovered and more than 2.5 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 111 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 87 million people have recovered and more than 2.4 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 22, 2021, at 3:40pm (EST).