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Canada has ordered a large number of new coronavirus vaccines and the country has become the country with the most possible vaccines per capita. However, Canada’s new challenge is how to successfully vaccinate its population as soon as possible.
On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that a large number of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines would arrive in Canada, and the country has only approved these two vaccines.
But Trudeau’s critics claimed that the vaccine was not distributed quickly enough and, under Trudeau’s promise, all Canadians who want to receive the vaccine will be successfully vaccinated by the end of September.
Canada began vaccination on December 14 of last year and has so far only provided more than 1.18 million doses of vaccine. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Canada currently ranks 40th in the world vaccination ranking for every 100 people.
Only 3 in 100 Canadians received at least one dose, compared to about 14 and 21 in the United States and the United Kingdom.
There have been more than 823,000 confirmed cases in Canada and more than 21,000 deaths.
Why is Canada lagging behind?
At the end of last year, Canada was criticized for repeatedly buying the vaccine that its population needs.
Canada has signed agreements with seven vaccine suppliers; In addition to Modena and Pfizer, there are also vaccine providers awaiting approval such as AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, totaling more than 400 million doses, far more than the country needs.
However, the two licensed vaccines do not appear to have a priority delivery.
Fearing that the former president of the United States, Trump, would issue a ban on the export of vaccines, Canada decided to bet on European manufacturers of vaccines. However, the supply of vaccine factories in Europe is in short supply, and recent threats to impose a vaccine ban are in Europe, not the United States, making matters worse.
By contrast, Canada lacks vaccine production capacity.
In recent weeks, Modena and Pfizer vaccines have been delayed in delivery, orders have been reduced, or have been canceled.
According to statistics, Canada’s current vaccine supply is about 1 million doses behind plan.
As of this week, 2.43% of the population had at least one dose of the vaccine. Canadian government data shows that nearly 12% of people over the age of 80 and more than 55% of key medical personnel have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Trudeau said the supplier is expected to deliver 6 million doses of vaccine by the end of March.
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How did you respond?
Canada is under strict lockdown this winter, and many Canadians are frustrated by the slow progress of vaccination.
Canadian polling firm Abacus Data said on February 5 that “the delay in vaccine delivery appears to have hurt the Liberal Party.”
“In recent weeks, the rate of support for the government, the image of the prime minister and the vote rate have decreased.”
Not only that, Canada has also decided to source vaccine supplies from a global vaccine exchange program called “Covax,” which aims to raise funds from richer countries to help them and low-income countries buy vaccines. .
Canada is the only member of the G7 group of rich countries listed as a Covax beneficiary at this stage.
This measure was criticized by opposition parties in Canada. They believed that rushing to obtain vaccines from poor countries would undermine Canada’s international image. Also, with limited vaccines, the epidemic in some countries is sure to get worse after the Canadian attacks. Therefore, it is recommended to return the vaccine to Covax.
The Canadian government defended its decision saying that joining Covax was originally to provide a channel for vaccines and not to speed up the vaccination schedule.
At the same time, on Friday, Trudeau announced that Canada will receive some doses of the Pfizer vaccine in advance and purchased an additional 4 million doses of the Modena vaccine.
He said he understands people’s “anxiety” over the recent suspension of vaccine supplies.
In order to promote domestic production, Canada announced last week that it had signed an agreement to allow domestic production of a new foreign corona vaccine developed by Novavax.
However, the vaccine is still in the third phase of testing and the Montreal production plant is still under construction.
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France has injected 2.8 million doses of vaccine.
France
Many Western countries are working hard to speed up the vaccination schedule. In contrast, France has a better vaccination schedule than Canada. According to government information, the country has delivered almost 2.8 million doses of vaccine.
However, the French health department recently recommended that people who have previously been infected with the new coronavirus only need to be vaccinated once, rather than the usual two doses.
The department said that people who have recovered from the new crown have some degree of immunity and should be vaccinated 3 to 6 months later.
France is the first country to make a proposal of this kind. Currently, the number of confirmed cases has reached 3.4 million, but the actual number is considered higher, with the death toll reaching 81,000, ranking seventh in the world.
When the aforementioned health department put forward this proposal, governments around the world were fighting for vaccines, eager to vaccinate their own populations, trying to get economic life back on track.
