Canada's chief health officer: Vaccines are not a "silver bullet" to wipe out the epidemic
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Last Update: 2020-12-01
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, Aug. 4 (Xinhua Yu Ruidong) Canada's chief public health officer Tan Yushi warned in Ottawa on the 4th local time, the public should not expect the vaccine can quickly end the new crown outbreak and restore normal "silver bullet."
a press conference that while vaccines are a very important part of the response to the outbreak, it should not be seen as a way to end it. She reiterated the importance of preventive measures such as maintaining physical distance, washing hands and wearing masks.
she said it was not clear how effective the vaccine would actually be, and the key issues were the degree and duration of immunity provided by the vaccine, as well as the dose required. She added that the public health department was studying the priorities of the vaccinated population, given that supplies were likely to be insufficient when the vaccine was introduced.
as the school season approaches, Tan revealed that Canadian officials will soon issue guidelines for children over the age of 10 to wear masks. Having expressed reservations about the anti-epidemic effects of masks in the early stages of the outbreak, she said she believed they would work during the safe resumption of school classes.
, Canada's deputy chief public health officer, said the current epidemic prevention measures would continue for a long time to come.
a random sample of more than 1,500 adult respondents released Thursday by the Angus Reid Institute, a Canadian pollster, found that 77 percent of urban residents believe that only people who have been vaccinated can bring their lives back to normal. Among the rural population, the proportion is 59 per cent.
half of the respondents said they wanted to get vaccinated immediately after the vaccine was introduced, and about 32 percent said they would wait and see for some time. About 60% of the respondents expressed concern about the side effects of the new coronavirus vaccine in the future. Three quarters of those surveyed believe that staff at long-term care institutions and health care facilities must be vaccinated.
more than 50 new crown drugs, including different vaccines, have been officially approved and are under development in Canada.
the evening of August 4, Canada had reported a cumulative total of 117,792 cases, 102,345 rehabilitation cases and 8,958 related deaths. (Complete)
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