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COVID-19 VACCINATION
We need to promote the benefits of vaccination
Referring to “Almost a third baulk at COVID vaccination” (The Age, 19/5), why focus on the negative? This may increase vaccine hesitancy for those who are on the fence, as we tend to follow what other people do. Instead, focus on the fact that according to the survey, a significant number of respondents were fully vaccinated, had had the first injection or were registered to have it, or said they were extremely likely, very likely or fairly likely to have it.
‘Don’t panic’ about India Covid variant
6 May 2021
Christian devotees take part in a prayer mass at St. Joseph s Cathedral on the eve of Good Friday, in Allahabad on April 1, 2021. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)
With the news of a new Covid-19 variant circulating in India possibly having made it through South African ports of entry, scientists say it is too soon for citizens to panic.
Although no cases of B.1.617 the variant blazing through India have been reported in South Africa, as stated by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, specialists have started investigating it.
In its weekly epidemiology update, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that the B.1.617 was a variant of interest and might be responsible for the surge in Covid-19 cases in India.
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