Lecce insists: “Schools open, they are safe”

A poster outside a school with information on how to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Kingston, Ontario on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues across Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Lars Hagberg

[GTranslate]Ontario in lockdown but schools remain open. That’s basically what Premier Doug Ford announced yesterday. An announcement also awaited with apprehension by the world of school that this year is going on sobbing between closures and openings, distance teaching and lessons in presence. Continue reading

Ford announces 4-week, Ontario-wide lockdown

[GTranslate]TORONTO – The Ontario government is implementing a province-wide emergency brake amid surging COVID-19 case numbers and record hospitalizations, Premier Doug Ford announced today, at the end of a week characterized by controversy, and accusations and for the alleged immobility of the federal executive in the face of the sudden surge in Covid-19 cases throughout the province. Continue reading

Die Bundesregulierungsbehörde CRTC ermöglichte kleineren Mobilfunkbetreibern den Markteintritt und befahl den größten Telekommunikationsbetreiber, die Preispakete zu senken

Die kanadische Rundfunk- und Telekommunikationskommission (CRCT) hat wichtige Entscheidungen getroffen, die es kleineren Mobilfunkbetreibern ermöglichen, als MVNOs – “Mobile Virtual Network Operators” – Mobile virtuelle Netzwerkbetreiber auf den Markt zu kommen. Continue reading

Status update of Covid-19 cases around the world

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of April 1, 2021 at 2:00pm EST.

Health officials in Poland have recorded a record high of 35,251 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health registered 652 fatalities attributable to the virus and an additional 621 new deaths today, numbers not seen since November 2020. Continue reading