China News Service, Toronto, May 6 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The Canadian government announced on May 5 that the country is donating a batch of drugs and ventilators to India, which is suffering from a severe new crown epidemic.
The Canadian Foreign Minister, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Health and the Minister of International Development jointly announced that the Canadian side has allocated 25,000 bottles of Remdesivir (trade name Veklury) and 350 ventilators are used to support India's fight against the epidemic.
The medicines and the first batch of 50 ventilators were sent by the Canadian military to India on the same day.
On April 23, local time, in Toronto, Canada, a large general hospital transformed its parking lot into a square cabin hospital with a capacity of about 100 beds, and plans to treat patients with new coronary pneumonia by the end of the month.
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In addition, the Canadian government stated that it will provide an emergency supply of 1,450 medical oxygen generators to India through funding UNICEF.
Earlier, the Canadian federal government announced on April 27 that it would provide India with 10 million Canadian dollars in humanitarian aid funds through the Canadian Red Cross for the purchase of oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies and related drugs.
Canadian officials stated that these donations will not affect Canada's domestic anti-epidemic needs.
The Canadian government announced on April 22 that all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan will be suspended for 30 days.
The Canadian Ministry of Health on May 5 updated the regulations on the use of the new coronavirus vaccine (Pfizer vaccine for short) jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, allowing people over 12 years of age to be vaccinated. vaccine.
Canada suffered a severe rebound from the epidemic this spring, and the medical systems in many places, including Toronto, have been overwhelmed, and various places have to introduce new or upgrade existing epidemic prevention and blockade measures.
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Sharma, the chief medical consultant of the Canadian Ministry of Health, told the media that Canada is the first country in the world to extend the scope of Pfizer vaccines to over 12 years old.
Previously, the vaccine was only approved in Canada for people over 16 years of age.
The other three new crown vaccines currently approved by Canada-Modena, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson, are only approved for people over 18 years of age.
Canada is in the midst of a severe third wave of epidemics.
With the advancement of vaccination work, the number of new cases in a single day across the country began to decline.
However, the epidemic situation in some provinces is still not under control.
Alberta has announced escalation of restrictions, and medical workers in Manitoba have urged the government to continue to tighten restrictions on epidemic prevention.
As of the evening of May 5, Canada has reported a total of approximately 1.257 million cases, approximately 1.151 million recovered, 24,450 deaths, and 81,671 active cases.
At present, about 1.042 million people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for 2.74% of the country’s total population.
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