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(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Canada lacks local vaccine production capacity, Prime Minister candidly said nationals will be vaccinated later
China News Agency, Toronto, November 25 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted to the media on the 24th that due to a lack of production capacity for the new crown vaccine in Canada, Canadians they will get the vaccine later than people in other countries.
Trudeau said he believes countries with vaccine-producing capacity like the United States, Britain and Germany will give priority to their citizens. He said he hopes to vaccinate Canadians in the coming months.
Canada has already pre-purchased approximately 414 million doses of the new crown vaccine from many pharmaceutical companies, representing more than 10 doses per capita based on the country’s population. The Canadian Department of Public Health recently stated that Canada is expected to receive 6 million doses of vaccines by the end of March 2021; By the end of 2021, the majority of Canadians should be vaccinated.
Trudeau said the Canadian government has started investing to build local vaccine production capacity, but that it will take several years to do so.
The Canadian government announced on the 24th that it signed an agreement with Eli Lilly, a multinational pharmaceutical company based in the United States, to initially reserve 26,000 doses of new monoclonal antibody drugs against the coronavirus.
Under the agreement, the antibody drug Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) jointly developed by Eli Lilly and Vancouver-based biotech company AbCellera Biologics will be delivered to the Canadian government between December this year and February next. In March of next year, Canada will reorder based on actual conditions. Eli Lilly revealed that the contract amount for the order is $ 32.5 million.
Canada’s Inland Province Alberta announced a series of restrictions on the 24th. For example, all indoor gatherings are prohibited; outdoor gatherings cannot exceed 10 people; classroom teaching in primary and secondary schools is suspended; Government and corporate employees are encouraged to work from home as much as possible.
In Ontario, Canada’s largest city, Toronto reimposed the ban and entered on the second day. Authorities ordered the closure of a restaurant that ignored the ban and forcibly reopened the dining room. Ontario recently designated Toronto and its neighboring Peel area as the “gray zone” with the highest level of epidemic prevention, and implemented a ban for at least 28 days.
Statistics show that a third of public schools in Toronto have reported COVID-19 cases, which is more than double the provincial average. In Brampton, Peel, about 48% of public and Catholic schools have detected cases.
The Ontario Provincial Government also stated that it will assign new rapid detection equipment for the novel coronavirus to hot spots and remote areas.
As of the night of November 24, Canada has reported a total of more than 342,000 cases, and recently about 5,000 new cases have been added each day; more than 273,000 cases, 11,618 deaths and 57,435 active cases have been recovered. (End up)
