L’Ontario supera i 1.500 casi in 24 ore

TORONTO – Altre 1.536 nuove infezioni: sono quelle registrate ieri in Ontario, contro le 1.476 di domenica e le 887 di lunedì scorso. Con 38.221 test elaborati nelle ultime 24 ore, l’Ontario raggiunge dunque un tasso di positività del 5,5%, in aumento significativo rispetto al 3,5% di una settimana fa. La media mobile di sette giorni di nuove infezioni ha ora raggiunto 1.328, rispetto alle 940 di lunedì scorso… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

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 December 13, 2021, at 5:00 pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Russia logged 29,558 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 10 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 87.3% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 1,121 Covid-related deaths for a total of 290,604 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Long-Term Care homes, from today the vaccination is mandatory

TORONTO – Time is up. Since today, staff in Ontario’s long-term care homes, if they want to continue working in these facilities, must be fully vaccinated. The original deadline set for workers in the sector among the most affected by Covid-19 has been postponed from November 12 to December 13, said LTC ministry spokeswoman Vanessa De Matteis, following the recommendation of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.  Continue reading→

“Omicron and mild symptoms? That’s a myth, it’s very dangerous”

TORONTO – The threat posed by Omicron is frightening. The new variant has created a climate of great concern in the international scientific community, although at the moment there is no unequivocal assessment of this new threat. On the one hand, in fact, we have numerous virologists who have highlighted how the first data coming from South Africa and Europe have highlighted a greater transmissibility of the coronavirus and, at the same time, the presence of generally milder symptoms for the infected compared to the Delta strain and the other variants that have characterized this pandemic.  Continue reading→

Catholic trustees: they exist but do they understand why?

Catholic school board trustees have a fiduciary duty to oversee the care of children whose parents entrust them to the publicly funded Catholic education system. It is a challenging job. Catholic ratepayers elect those trustees every four years with the expectation that the publicly elected board members protect, preserve and promote the Catholic education system.

It is their duty under the Law. The very same duty espoused in Catholic values that support faith formation. Continue reading→

Addio a Mel Lastman, primo sindaco della ’megacity’

TORONTO – È morto l’ex sindaco di Toronto Mel Lastman: aveva 88 anni ed è venuto a mancare a casa sua sabato pomeriggio. Conosciuto per la sua stravaganza e schiettezza, Lastman è stato per sei anni il primo sindaco di “megacity”, il nome dato a Toronto dopo la fusione di sei Comuni nel 1998. Prima di allora, è stato sindaco dell’allora Comune di North York per più di due decenni, dal 1973 al 1997… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>