Update of the Covid-19 Landscape


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[GTranslate]Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of March 7, 2021, at 1:00pm (EST).

Globally, there have been over 116 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 92 million people have recovered and more than 2.5 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

PAGBABAWAS

Isang kamaganak lumapit sa akin at sinabi na siya ay sinabihan nang amo niya na siya ay “re-trenched.” Itong salitang Ito’y parang malalim ang ibig sabihin. Ang unang pumasok sa isipan ko ay noon unang digmaan na ang mga sundalo ay nasa mga trench, na may maduming tubig, putik, mga hayup na gaga, mga sundalo na may tama nang baril o sugatan, na ang paa ay namamaga. Kaya ang salitang trench ay parang magulong at mahirap na digmaan. Walang nag sabi na madali ang trabaho. May oras na maraming mo ang trabaho sa isang digmaan. Continue reading→

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape


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[GTranslate]Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 28, 2021, at 1:30pm (EST).

Globally, there have been over 113 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 90 million people have recovered and more than 2.5 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Apoyan a médicos cubanos al premio Nobel de la Paz
Consejo de los Canadienses impulsa el reconocimiento a su labor frente al Covid

El mayor impulso para que los médicos cubanos sean nominados al premio Nobel de la Paz 2021 se proyecta desde el Norte del continente. El Consejo de los Canadienses pretende que médicos de Cuba agrupados dentro del Contingente Internacional de Médicos Especializados en Situaciones de Desastre y Graves Epidemias Henry Reeve sean reconocidos por su “importante contribución al combate del Covid-19”, explican. Continue reading→

Re-trenched

Someone close to me made an announcement the other day:  “I’ve been retrenched”.  There is something about this word that gets to me.  Root word:  trench.  Like trench warfare, World War I.  Fighting in the trenches, all that mud, dirty water, rats, gangrene.  And to be “re-trenched” sounds like you have to go through with it all over again.  Nobody ever said work is easy.  At times, you really are waging a war. Continue reading→