Today’s Coronavirus News: British Columbia Politicians Join Forces to Drive Higher Vaccination Rates

The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world on Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.

6:01 am: Politicians used to training in the British Columbia legislature have joined forces outside the home to push for higher vaccination rates in the north, but a longtime member of the opposition liberals says “Alberta influence” it is a factor in a part of British Columbia where intensive care units cannot adapt to the influx of COVID-19 patients.

Mike Bernier said the proximity to neighboring Alberta “set us back from day one” when it comes to some northern residents avoiding vaccination.

“It would be the Alberta influence. A good part of the people in Dawson Creek, Pouce Coupe, the Fort St. John area, are very connected, whether for personal or work reasons, with Alberta, “he said. “And we’ve looked at the troubles in Alberta with a strong message of trying to vaccinate people until recently, and the crisis that they are in.”

Bernier said some were so angry when BC introduced the vaccine passports that they posted messages online about shooting him for supporting the policy.

Most residents in the British Columbia region are not anti-vaccine, Bernier said. “They have a strong will and they don’t like government intervention. They just want to work and raise their families and are very skeptical that government officials in general will tell them what to do. “

Friday 5:58 am: Vaccines were supposed to be the ticket out of the pandemic. But in Singapore, things did not go according to plan.

The Southeast Asian city-state was widely considered a success story in its initial handling of the coronavirus. It closed its borders, aggressively tested and tracked, and was one of the first countries in Asia to order vaccines.

An important politician told the public that an 80% vaccination rate was the criteria for a gradual reopening. Singapore has now fully inoculated 83% of its population, but instead of opening up, it is doing the opposite.

In September, with cases doubling every eight to ten days, the government reinstated restrictions on meetings. The United States said its citizens should reconsider traveling to the country. Long lines began to form in the emergency departments of various hospitals. People were told once again that they should work from home.

The country’s experience has become a sobering case study for other nations pursuing reopening strategies without having to deal with major outbreaks in the pandemic. For Singaporeans who believed the city-state would reopen once the vaccination rate reached a certain level, there was a sensation of whiplash and lingering questions about what it would take to reopen if vaccines weren’t enough.

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Reference-www.thestar.com

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