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 June 16, 2021 at 4:45pm EST.

On Wednesday, health officials in Bangladesh logged nearly 4,000 new infections, figures not seen in roughly eight weeks. In the last 24-hours, coronavirus cases increased by 3,956. Of the cumulative 837,247 confirmed positive cases, 92.4% are considered recovered. In the last day, Covid-related deaths increased by 60 bringing the total fatalities to 13,282.

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নুনাভাটের বিদায়ী এমপি মুমিলাক বলেছেন, ‘এটা আমার জায়গা নয়’

টরন্টো, জুন ১৬: নুনাভাট সংসদীয় আসনের এনডিপি দলীয় এমপি, মুমিলাক কাক্কাক সংসদে দেয়া তার বিদায়ী ভাষণে আদিবাসীদের শোষনের মাধ্যমে কানাডার প্রতিষ্ঠা, যার ইতিহাসে ‘রক্তের দাঁগ লেগে আছে’ বলে জানিয়েছেন। Continue reading→

Departing Nunavat MP Mumilaaq says ‘I don’t belong here’

Toronto, June 16: Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, the New Democrat MP for Nunavut, used the opportunity to blast Canada as a country built on the oppression of Indigenous People and whose history is “stained with blood” as delivered her official farewell speech to the Parliament (watch it here). She said, “People like me don’t belong here in the federal institution. The reality is that this institution and the country have been created off the backs, trauma and displacement of Indigenous People.” Continue reading→

Ontario sets new vaccination record, but the chaos persists for the second vaccine doses

TORONTO – Ontario sets a new vaccination record; more than 202,000, according to covid19tracker.ca, but at the same time, the problems that emerged on the second vaccination for the residents of the hotspots were not solved. In general, the mass vaccination campaign proceeds in stages dispatched according to the roadmap presented by the provincial government. Continue reading→

50 Taon nang Pandemia

Noon 10 nang Hunio 2021, BBC ay nag ulat na may bagong na diskubre na maka pagpababa sa Dengue impeksion nang 77%. Ang “World Mosquito Programme” sumubok nang experimento kung saan ang lamok na impeksion sa Wolbachia bakteria na kinalabasan nang Dengue birus (DENV). Itong Wolbachia-lace lamok at ang kanilang itlog ay pinakawalan muli sa Yogyakarta siyudad nang Indonesia. Ang “World Mosquito Program” pinagmamalaki inulat na ang pag subok ay nag resulta nang 86% pag bawas nang maga Dengue nauuspital. At sa mundong na mayroon pang kalusugan pag aalaga ang sistema ay wala nang biglang pag bagsak nang sa KOBID-19 pandemia pina baba ang kabuoan pag hihirap sa hospital gumagawa nang malaking kaibahan. Continue reading→

The 50-year-old Pandemic

On June 10, 2021, BBC reported that a new discovery reduces the rate of Dengue infections by 77%.  The World Mosquito Programme performed an experiment whereby mosquitoes were infected with the Wolbachia bacteria that outcompeted the Dengue virus (DENV).  These Wolbachia-laced mosquitoes and their eggs were re-released into Yogyakarta city in Indonesia.  The World Mosquito Program proudly reported that this trial results in an 86% reduction in Dengue hospitalizations.  And in a world that has health care systems non the verge of collapse from the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing the overall burden on hospitals makes a big difference. Continue reading→