COVID-19 and its fallout have spared no one.

A new report has documented how temporary workers in Canadian farms are reeling under the impact of the pandemic.

(This is Part  9 of  Dr. Rey Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19.) 

Canada is home to Canadians of Asian origins as much as anyone else.

Since the 1990s, Canada has celebrated Asian Heritage Month in the month of May.

(This is Part 8 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika,  on Covid-19.)

What began with one 3D printer nicknamed Mendelmax 3 turned into helping thousands of front-line health workers. 

(This is Part 7 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column,  Medisina at Politika , on Covid-19.)

Loss of Lives and Livelihoods Needs Creative Leadership and Hope

The federal Department of Justice announced on April 6, 2020 the appointment of Steve Coroza as Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

May 1, 2020 - Carmelita Carreon and friend Agnes Uguil bought take-out food for a special group of people.

(This is Part 6 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column,  Medisina at Politika , on Covid-19.)

Pandemic onslaught marches to the 2-million mark

Walk into a hospital in Canada or the U.S. or in many other countries, and chances are you’ll see a nurse of Filipino heritage.

The Philippines has long been known as the biggest exporter of nurses in the world.

(This is Part 5 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19.)

The Canadian government has created a fund to help Canadians stuck in other countries during this coronavirus pandemic to return to Canada.

April 1, 2020 -  Everyone – from our Prime Minister, public health officers and medical experts to politicians, radio and TV hosts, parents and friends –  tells us to wash our hands to prevent the spread of Covid-19.  Here are the reasons and effective ways to make hand washing a tool against Covid-19 from cdc.gov/coronavirus.  

The rapid spread of Covid-19 in the Philippines has been alarming. Everybody is doing whatever has to be done to contain the virus.    

(This is Part 4 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column,  Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19)

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros announced on March 12 this somber global moment: COVID-19 is a PANDEMIC! It is both a public health and a socio-economic global crisis. Affecting over 100-thousand patients and causing over 4-thousand deaths in 100 days, its geographic spread has reached all regions of the U.N. health agency, six continents and 114 countries. Indeed, COVID-19 is very contagious and rapidly transmissible from patient-to-patient, and has exacted a heavy toll on human lives.

As of March 8, Toronto Public Health (TPH) was monitoring 13 positive cases of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in the metropolitan area.

According to TPH, it is actively working with municipal and health partners to plan for the potential of the local spread of the virus.