原文标题：
World’s Most-Vaccinated Nation Activates Curbs as Cases Rise
世界上疫苗接种率最高的国家随着疫情的增加而再次封锁
原文连结：
https://reurl.cc/jqAm5n
发布时间：
2021年5月5日 上午5:11 [GMT+8] Updated on 2021年5月6日 上午1:09 [GMT+8]
原文内容：
Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated more of its population against the
coronavirus than any other country, has closed schools and canceled sporting
activities for two weeks as infections surge.
The measures, which include bans on the intermingling of households and the
early closure of bars, come even as the country has fully vaccinated more
than 60% of its adult population with two doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The
curbs are similar to those last imposed at the end of 2020.
“Despite of all the exceptional efforts we are making, the Covid-19
situation in our country is critical right now, with many daily cases
reported last week,” Peggy Vidot, the nation’s health minister, said at a
press conference Tuesday.
The Indian Ocean archipelago, which has a population of about 98,000, is
dependent on tourism for much of its foreign exchange and acted quickly to
begin vaccinations in January using a donation of Chinese vaccines from the
United Arab Emirates. It has procured other vaccines since.
By April 12, 59% of the doses administered were Sinopharm vaccines and the
rest were Covishield, a version of AstraZeneca Plc’s shot made under license
in India.
To date 62.2% of its population is fully vaccinated, according to the
Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. That compares with 55.9% for Israel, the next most
vaccinated nation.
‘Global Implications’
The number of active cases in the nation rose to 1,068 on May 3 from 612 on
April 28, according to the health ministry.
Of those cases, 84% are Seychellois and the rest are foreigners, Daniel
Lucey, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine,
said in a blog post. Just under two thirds of those are either unvaccinated
or have only had one dose, and the rest have had two doses, he said.
While data on genetic sequencing are not yet available for infections in
April, the B.1.351 variant, first identified in South Africa late last year,
was found in the Seychelles in February, he said. AstraZeneca’s vaccine
appeared to be less effective against that variant in a study, and South
Africa halted plans to use it.
A comparison between Sinopharm, Covishield, and unvaccinated infected persons
” could be done using genetic sequencing and data on the severity of their
infections, Lucey said. “Given the widespread international use of these two
vaccines there are global implications to what is happening now in the
Seychelles.”
Officials at the press conference gave little detail on what could be behind
the infection surge other than to say people were taking fewer precautions
against the virus than before and the surge may be due to celebrations after
Easter.
Jude Gedeon, Seychelles’ public health commissioner, didn’t answer calls
made to his mobile phone or immediately answer a text message.
Other nations that have vaccinated large portions of their populations have
seen Covid cases plunge. In the U.K., where 52% of people have a first dose,
cases are down 96% from a recent high in January. In Israel, where 60% have
had at least one dose, new cases are down 99%.
机翻如下：
塞舌尔已经为其人口接种了比其他国家更多的冠状病毒疫苗，但由于感染率激增，塞舌尔
已经关闭了学校并取消了两周的体育活动。
这些措施包括禁止家庭混杂和提前关闭酒吧，甚至在该国已经为超过60%的成年人口全面
接种了两剂Covid-19疫苗的情况下采取的。这些限制与上次在2020年底实施的限制类似。
"国家卫生部长佩吉-维多特（Peggy Vidot）在周二的新闻发布会上说："尽管我们做出了
所有特殊的努力，但我国的Covid-19情况现在很严重，上周每天都有许多病例报告。
这个印度洋群岛的人口约为98,000人，其大部分外汇依赖旅游业，并迅速采取行动，利用
阿拉伯联合酋长国捐赠的中国疫苗于1月开始接种疫苗。此后，它又采购了其他疫苗。
截至4月12日，59%的接种剂量是国药集团的疫苗，其余的是Covishield，这是阿斯利康公
司在印度授权生产的一种疫苗版本。
根据彭博疫苗跟踪报告，迄今为止，该国62.2%的人口已全面接种疫苗。相比之下，第二
大疫苗接种国以色列的接种率为55.9%。
全球影响
根据卫生部的资料，全国的活跃病例从4月28日的612例上升到5月3日的1068例。
达特茅斯大学盖瑟尔医学院的临床医学教授丹尼尔-卢西在一篇博文中说，在这些病例中
，84%是塞舌尔人，其余是外国人。他说，其中不到三分之二的人要么没有接种疫苗，要
么只接种了一剂疫苗，其余的人接种了两剂疫苗。
他说，虽然目前还没有4月份感染的基因测序数据，但去年年底在南非首次发现的B.1.351
变体，2月份在塞舌尔发现。在一项研究中，阿斯利康公司的疫苗似乎对该变体的效果较
差，南非停止了使用该疫苗的计画。
Lucey说，可以利用基因测序和他们感染的严重程度的资料，在国药集团、科威公司和未
接种疫苗的感染者之间进行比较"。"鉴于这两种疫苗在国际上的广泛使用，现在在塞舌尔
发生的事情有全球性的影响"。
在新闻发布会上，官员们几乎没有详细说明感染率激增背后的原因，只是说人们对病毒的
预防措施比以前少，而且激增可能是由于复活节后的庆祝活动。
塞舌尔的公共卫生专员Jude Gedeon没有接听他的手机电话，也没有立即回复短信。
其他对大部分人口进行了疫苗接种的国家看到武汉肺炎病例骤减。在英国，52%的人接种
了第一针，病例比1月份的最高值下降了96%。在以色列，60%的人至少接种了一剂，新病
例下降了99%。
心得/评论：
关键字：阿斯捷利康和中国疫苗
病毒和人类都很忙，他们都很想活下去
希望这个案例不会是未来全球的缩影
桃园已经有些小店家在哀嚎生意又垮下去了
10月会不会又需要再发一次消费券呢？