TORONTO – Ontario hit a record 550 new cases of Covid-19 among public school students and staff within twenty-four hours, and more than a fifth of all public schools have at least one active case for the first time during this school year. →
Parents expect their children to be in a safe school learning environment. For more than 25 years, the School Resource Officer program (SRO)/School Liaison Officer program at the Halton Catholic School Board (HCDSB) has offered an opportunity to encourage a safe, orderly and welcoming environment for student well-being and achievement.
However, that program may cease to exist, even before essential data is collected and assessed to determine whether the program has fulfilled its mandate. →
ROMA – “L’approvazione nell’ambito del decreto attuativo del PNRR dell’emendamento a mia prima firma relativo all’autorizzazione per l’assunzione di ulteriori 100 impiegati a contratto da impiegare nella rete estera del MAECI (il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale) anche per le finalità correlate al supporto all’export e all’internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane e all’attuazione degli obiettivi del PNRR (il Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza) rappresenta un segnale determinante in questa stagione, in cui il MAECI era stato praticamente estromesso da qualsiasi iniziativa correlata al Piano Nazionale senza alcun tipo di ragione logica”: lo dichiara in una nota l’onorevole Fucsia Nissoli (nella foto), deputata di Forza Italia, eletta in Nord e Centro America. →
TORONTO – Over 1,400 new cases of Covid-19 and another 5 deaths related to the virus, today, in Ontario: the new infections are 1,429, down from 1,536 but up from 928 a week ago. With the increase in the number of cases in the last month, the seven-day moving average continues to rise and reaches 1,400 (a week ago it was 975): it is the highest average since last May 27 when it was 1,441. The positivity rate also reaches a maximum never seen in almost seven months: with 33,400 tests processed it is now at 6.6%, the highest since last May 18 when it was 7.6% (a week ago it was at 3.8 %: almost doubled in seven days). →
With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 24.5 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on December 14, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 99,397 vaccine doses on Monday, up from 34,966 doses the day prior.