Re: COVIDD-19 'Pandemic'
China says WHO has said no evidence coronavirus was made in a lab
Federal health committee again calls on WHO advisor to testify amid concerns over false Chinese data
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
A flawed WHO is 100 times better than no WHO. Nobody else can do its vital work. Other countries will have to fill funding gap.
"Every scientist, every health worker, every citizen must resist and rebel against this appalling betrayal of global solidarity.”
The Guardian
China says WHO has said no evidence coronavirus was made in a lab
Federal health committee again calls on WHO advisor to testify amid concerns over false Chinese data
OTTAWA — A Parliamentary health committee on Wednesday repeated calls for the World Health Organization to explain its handling of the pandemic, amid mounting criticism that the United Nations’ agency relayed faulty Chinese data about the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease.
The federal Standing Committee on Health passed a motion, put forward by Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux, that invites senior WHO official Bruce Aylward to appear before the committee by the end of month. Aylward “abruptly” cancelled earlier plans to appear before the committee on Tuesday, according to the motion......More
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EST on April 16, 2020:
There are 28,379 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
_ Quebec: 14,860 confirmed (including 487 deaths, 2,146 resolved)
_ Ontario: 8,447 confirmed (including 385 deaths, 3,902 resolved)
_ Alberta: 1,996 confirmed (including 48 deaths, 914 resolved)
_ British Columbia: 1,561 confirmed (including 75 deaths, 955 resolved)
_ Nova Scotia: 549 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 137 resolved)
_ Saskatchewan: 304 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 205 resolved)
_ Newfoundland and Labrador: 247 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 159 resolved)
_ Manitoba: 231 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 108 resolved), 15 presumptive
_ New Brunswick: 117 confirmed (including 77 resolved)
_ Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 23 resolved)
_ Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed
_ Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 6 resolved)
_ Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 2 resolved)
_ Nunavut: No confirmed cases
_ Total: 28,379 (15 presumptive, 28,364 confirmed including 1,010 deaths, 8,634 resolved)