Day: 7 February 2021

Covid-19 precautions halt influenza in its tracks

[gtranslate] TORONTO – What’s comforting about Covid-19 cases aplenty and the new, highly transmissible UK variant circulating throughout communities and countries struggling to contains Covid-19 infections? Influenza levels remain “exceptionally low”. Initial fears that flu cases would exacerbate an overburdened health care system dealing with the coronavirus pandemic have not quite materialized. Thank heavens for that.

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.

Dover combattere contro una doppia pandemia

TORONTO – La risposta alla pandemia di Covid-19 può avere alcuni effetti imprevisti, ad esempio una riduzione della prevalenza dell’influenza. Eppure, ha esacerbato una questione oscura e mortale, la crisi degli oppioidi in Canada. Le comunità di tutta la nazione stanno vacillando per i livelli senza precedenti di decessi correlati alla droga.