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Sign up. Manage Print Subscription. Main Menu Search lfpress. Bose Road, a building that would look like a warehouse if it were not for the shutters on the windows to keep out the heat. From our hotel, Sarah and I walked there along Ripon Street through a busy Muslim neighborhood bustling with street vendors. The mother house is spartan and clean.
Visitors can view the simple room where Mother Teresa slept or enter the chapel, home to her tomb. There I sat among the sisters and other visitors in relative silence. Outside, the city roared. When Pope Francis declared her a saint in , St. Teresa of Calcutta. In Calcutta and elsewhere, Mother Teresa is a controversial figure. In her day, Indian relief organizations felt she stole the spotlight, diverting attention from their dedicated work among the poor.
Still others believed one of her goals was to seek converts, turning Hindus away from their faith. Yet, she and her missionaries gave themselves wholeheartedly to the words of Christ: I was hungry and you gave me food, thirsty and you gave me drink, homeless and you took me in. And some of the words of Mother Teresa herself could serve as stepping stones to guide us through the current worldwide health crisis:. We can only do that if we are disciplined and take lockdown seriously.
We all saw the images of college students frolicking on the beaches of Florida because the governor of that state refused to close them. Healthcare workers, cashiers in supermarkets and all those who must go to work will thank us for this. Currently, we are required to practice a strange kind of charity. Nor can we wait for leaders.
In Europe, in the USA, they have reacted instead of acting. And some have profited. After a briefing on the virus on Jan. Parents have very little time for each other and in the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world. Paradoxically, in lockdown, families find themselves forced to spend time together and in cities like Paris, where public parks are closed, togetherness is more a challenge than a pleasure.
One case is located at A. There are at least 32 active cases tied to 24 schools in London and Middlesex as of Friday, the health unit says. In the post-secondary setting, two student residence outbreaks also remain active at Western University.
The outbreaks, declared in Perth and Saugeen-Maitland halls, were declared Nov. Read more: Should teachers get coronavirus vaccine priority? Experts say yes, but so should others. The Thames Valley District School Board said Thursday it was encouraging students and staff to take home any materials they may require for remote learning. At this time, there has been no direction to close schools in the London region after the winter break. A decision to close schools and move to remote learning would be made by the Ministry of Education or local public health units.
As of Thursday, both centres were booked full until at least Monday, according to the online booking system. Chris Mackie said on Thursday. The tally is slightly down from the final tally of 10, reported the week prior, but up from the 8, reported the week of Nov. Carling Heights reported an average of visits between Dec. At Oakridge Arena, an average of visits were reported from Dec. Appointment testing for certain asymptomatic people is also continuing at eight local pharmacies.
The lockdowns in Toronto and Peel are currently set to lift next week. Read more: Ontario reports nearly 2, new coronavirus cases, highest number of tests processed.
Of those, people are on ventilators. A record 33 cases were reported on Thursday. At least 11 deaths have been reported, five this month, including the most recent death on Thursday involving a man in his 70s from Elgin County. Health unit data shows five cases each were reported Friday in Aylmer and Norwich, while four each were in St. As of Friday, at least cases were active in Elgin and Oxford.
Of those, at least 27 each are in Aylmer and St. Thomas, while 24 are in Norwich, 18 in Tillsonburg and 16 in Bayham. One new institutional outbreak has been declared in the region, while one outbreak has been resolved. The new outbreak is located at Seasons Retirement Home, according to the health unit, and is tied to one staff case.
One, declared Wednesday at PeopleCare Tavistock, is linked to two staff cases, while one declared on Dec. Elsewhere, an outbreak declared on Dec. By location, Aylmer remains the hardest-hit municipality in the region, both by total number of cases and by number of cases per , people.
At least cases have been reported in the town so far, resulting in an incidence rate of 2, cases per , people. In comparison, Woodstock, which has the second-highest case total — — has an incidence rate of Elsewhere, cases have been reported in St. The region had a test per cent positivity rate of 2. At least 4, people were tested the week of Dec. Six people have tested positive for the coronavirus while another 15 have recovered, Huron Perth Public Health reported Friday. At least 20 people have died, most recently on Dec.
At least three people are currently in hospital. Twenty-four in total have been admitted to hospital during the pandemic.
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