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 February 12, 2022, at 4:40 pm EST.

On Saturday, health officials in Italy logged 62,231 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 12.0 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 84.7% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 269 Covid-related deaths for a total of 150,824 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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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 February 11, 2022, at 5:00 pm EST.

On Friday, health officials in Germany logged 229,989 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 12.1 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 70.9% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 215 Covid-related deaths for a total of 120,411 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Why is there a crisis in education leadership at the TCDSB?

TORONTO – Where to start? Usually at the top. Neither the Director’s office nor the Office of the Chair return Media (ours) email requests or phone calls. That is usually a sign of indifference or disrespect. We are ratepayers and our writers are Catholic electors.

Letters or posts “from the above” sent to parents and teachers (and obtained by us) are signed “Board of the TCDSB”, suggesting that no one wants to take ownership of the contents.

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Il lungo braccio della legge: troppo corto per Trump?

“Credo che Merrick Garland sia stato estremamente debole… e molti altri organizzatori del 6 gennaio dovrebbero essere stati già arrestati”. Così Ruben Gallego (nella foto, dal suo profilo Twitter – https://twitter.com/RepRubenGallego), parlamentare democratico dell’Arizona, in un’intervista alla Cnn mentre descriveva l’operato dell’attuale ministro di Giustizia americano. Gallego ha continuato spiegando che Garland è stato “inetto” e non è stato capace di “proteggere la democrazia”.  Continue reading

Arte a céu aberto

(Revista Amar – Manuela Marujo) Lisboa, São Paulo, Nova Iorque – onde a arte de grafitti teve início e se popularizou nos anos 1970 – e outras cidades do mundo apresentam uma mostra preciosa da criatividade de arte urbana. Alguns artistas deixam anónimas as obras, outros usam nomes fictícios mas, cada vez mais, há artistas plásticos reconhecidos que, dessa forma, partilham o seu talento com o mundo… Read More in Revista Amar >>> 

কর্ণাটকে কলেজ ক্যাম্পাসে আপাতত ধর্মীয় পোশাক পরা বন্ধের নির্দেশ

(Shomporko সম্পর্ক) হাইকোর্টের এই বেঞ্চ বলেছে, যতদিন এই গোটা বিষয়টি আইন প্রক্রিয়ার মধ্যে রয়েছে, ততদিনের জন্য ধর্মীয় পোশাক পরা থেকে শিক্ষার্থীদের বিরত থাকতে হবে। এই ইস্যুতে আগামী সোমবার দুপুরে পুনরায় শুনানি হবে। গত বছরের ডিসেম্বরে হিজাব পরিহিত কয়েক জন মুসলিম শিক্ষার্থীকে কর্ণাটকের উদুপির একটি সরকারি কলেজে প্রবেশে বাধা দেওয়া হয়েছিল … Read More in Shomporko >>>