Although the sixth wave has peaked in many parts of the country, Public Health Canada continues to recommend up-to-date vaccination against COVID-19.
As the omicron variant (BA.1) and its sublineage (BA.2) appear to evade immune mechanisms, it is increasingly relevant for Canadians to get their booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 19.
“Although vaccine efficacy against infection wanes over time, evidence suggests that two doses of an mRNA vaccine generally maintain good efficacy against severe disease outcomes, regardless of variant, and a booster dose increases the effectiveness of the vaccine against such consequences to more than 90%,” the federal agency said in a statement.
In Quebec, as elsewhere in Canada, many signs suggest the end of the sixth wave of the virus. From the number of reported cases to positive lab tests to sewage analysis and the number of hospitalizations, there are signs of declining transmission in several regions across the country.
Thus, with the arrival of summer, the virus should spread less, estimates Dr. Howard Njoo, deputy chief public health officer of Canada. “I think in general, also with the warmer temperatures, that we are in a better situation now today than before,” he said at a press conference on Friday.
The latter estimates that with good weather, Canadians tend to spend more time outdoors during the summer season, thus allowing a reduction in transmission. “So we know that normally, with the return to school and when people start to go inside, that the activity and the cases, the infections increase during the fall and the winter,” he said. he concluded.
End of the sixth wave: up-to-date vaccination still recommended - OI Canadian
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