Second wave of COVID-19 has arrived says Province

by Kevin Vallier

While the number of COVID-19 daily reported cases in Niagara dropped significantly from 24 on Sunday to 12 on Monday, the provincial numbers continue to rise sharply with a reported 700 new cases yesterday. However, about 85 per cent of all cases are in Toronto and Ottawa. The Ontario Hospital Association has asked the government to put those two regions back to Stage 2.

At his daily news conference Premier Ford said, “We are now in the second wave of COVID-19. We know this wave will be more complicated, more complex, it will be worse than the first wave we faced earlier this year.”

Covid in Niagara and Ontario at the end of summer

by The Niagara Independent

As summer comes to a close, it’s interesting to note where Niagara and Ontario stand with regard to Covid-19 cases. It’s especially worth looking at now because the province sends teachers and students back to school next Tuesday. At the same time, more workplaces will have employees returning.

Will we see a spike in cases in two to three weeks hence?

Ontario COVID update by the numbers

by The Niagara Independent

With the passing of July 31, we now have several months of data to look at to see the progress of COVID-19 in Ontario. Compared to many states and countries, Ontario has fared quite well. Thankfully, many of the early disaster scenarios laid out by epidemiologists and public health officials have not come to pass.

Will pandemic effect school bus technology?

by The Niagara Independent

For the last three months, parents of school age children have been patiently awaiting details and instructions on what a return to school in September will look like. Understanding that many government agencies, health professionals and private sector companies have been working around the clock in order to cobble together a plan that balances the safety of families with continuing education, formalizing a vision for what a regular school day will look like, one with working parents, that addresses school bus pickup, classroom learning and a return home from school, is what parents are really counting on.

A brief history of the handshake

by The Niagara Independent

Congratulating a colleague, sealing a business deal, or concluding a round of golf: we have all shaken hands at some point in our lives.

But why — with a world of possible gestures and forms of physical contact — do we, particularly in the West, feel the need to clasp palms with everyone from close companions to strangers on the street?

The trend is our friend

by The Niagara Independent

Throughout the last few months, doctors, epidemiologists, mathematicians and everyone in between have started to advance graphs and formulas to try to explain where COIVD-19 spread has been, is currently and where it’s going.  There have been thousands of online debates about which measure is the best measure to determine which country has had the most success or the least success in dealing with COVID-19.

Ford the ‘Friendly General’ demands more COVID-19 testing

by Kevin Vallier

Throughout the dramatic last month of the advance of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontarians have become accustomed to daily briefings given by Ontario Premier Ford. Most often he has been joined by his Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott. Other Ministers rotate in, including Minister of Finance Rod Philipps, Ministers of Economic Development and Small Business, Vic Fedeli and Prabmeet Sarkaria, Labour Minister Monte McNaughton and Education Minister Stephen Lecce. Also quite often, six to 10 feet from the Premier’s side, are his Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, Peter Donnelly head of Public Health Ontario and/or CEO of Ontario Health Matt Anderson.

COVID-19 Updates

by The Niagara Independent

Information regarding the global pandemic of COVID-19 changes hourly. Traditional news articles are out of date as fast as the media can produce them. As such, this ‘article’ will provide some of the more prevalent recent news and notes at a glance from around Ontario and Canada.

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