The Gateway Pundit reported on May 5 that the Republic of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean has a 62.2 percent completion rate of vaccination against the Chinese Communist virus, compared to 55.9 percent in Israel, the second most vaccinated country. Recently, however, there has been a spike in the infection rate of the CCP virus in Seychelles, where schools are now closed, sports events are cancelled for two weeks, family visits are banned, and bars are closed early.
Seychelles, in eastern Africa, has a total population of about 98,000 and relies on tourism for most of its foreign exchange. As of April 12, 59 percent of the doses were of the vaccine developed by the Chinese Communist Party’s State Pharmaceutical Group, while the remaining percentage was of the Covishield vaccine, a version of the vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca under license in India.
According to the country’s Ministry of Health, the number of active cases in Seychelles rose from 612 on April 28 to 1,068 on May 3, representing an infection rate of more than 1 percent of the population.
Global impact
In a blog post, Daniel Lucey, clinical professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine in the United States, disclosed that 84 percent of the cases were Seychellois and 35 percent of those infected were people who had received two doses of the vaccine, and 65 percent had either not received the vaccine or had received only one dose.
The B.1.351 variant, which was first identified in South Africa late last year, was already present in the Seychelles in February. A study has shown that AstraZeneca’s vaccine appears to be less effective against the South African variant.
Prof. Lucy said that “data such as genetic sequencing and severity of infection can be used to compare the GMP, Covishield and unvaccinated infected individuals.”
“What is happening in Seychelles has global implications given the widespread international use of both vaccines”, Professor Lucey stressed.
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