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“不接种就交钱”!为强制打疫苗

近日,路透社发布了一篇以“不接种就交钱”为题的报道称,加拿大魁北克省宣布,计划向拒绝接种新冠疫苗的成年人缴纳“健康税”(”health contribution”),征收数额尚未确定,因医疗问题无法接种疫苗者将被豁免。路透认为,这是一个罕见且有争议的举措(a rare and controversial move)。

加拿大魁北克省省长弗朗索瓦·勒古尔表示,未接种疫苗的人会给其他人带来经济负担,该省财政部正在确定未接种疫苗的居民需要支付的金额数目。他说,这笔金额不会低于100加元(约合508元人民币)。

Unvaccinated people put a financial burden on others and the provincial finance ministry is determining a “significant” amount that unvaccinated residents would be required to pay, Legault said, adding that such an amount would not be less than C$100 ($79.50).

当地时间2022年1月11日,加拿大魁北克省省长勒古尔等人举行了新闻发布会。

据悉,“征健康税”的消息一出,立刻见到成效。

据美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)报道,魁北克省卫生厅厅长克里斯蒂安·杜贝(Christian Dube)12日表示,在这一消息宣布后的几个小时内,预约进行首次疫苗接种的人数激增。

One day after the Canadian province of Quebec announced it would financially penalize residents who are unvaccinated, the province’s health minister said Wednesday first-time appointments spiked in the hours following the announcement.

杜贝还在推特上发文写道“令人鼓舞!”(”It’s encouraging!” ) 。他表示,11日预约首次疫苗接种的人数是几天来最高的。魁北克省排队接种疫苗的民众。

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he wouldn’t weigh in on whether Quebec’s financial penalty for the unvaccinated was good policy, saying he needed to see further details.

目前,奥密克戎变异株在加拿大迅速传播,其中魁北克是感染最严重的地区之一。该省省长勒古尔认为,“疫苗是抗疫的关键”。他说,尽管魁北克只有约10%的人未接种疫苗,但他们占重症监护病房患者的50%左右。

上周,该省就出台了相关政策,要求当地民众必须接种疫苗才能购买酒水或大麻。在餐厅用餐、去健身房或参加体育赛事时,需要出示疫苗接种证明。

加拿大卫生部长杜克洛斯(Jean-Yves Duclos)13日表示,魁北克省征收“健康税”的新措施不会违反加拿大卫生法,疫苗接种是摆脱大流行的方法,而强制令在加拿大历来是一种有用的工具。

“我们还在联邦一级证明了疫苗接种命令是有效的,99%的公务员,几乎99%的联邦一级公务员要么已完全接种疫苗,要么即将完全接种疫苗。”

“We have also demonstrated at the federal level that vaccine mandates work, 99% of public servants, almost 99% of public servants at the federal level are either fully vaccinated or soon to be fully vaccinated,” Duclos said at a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday.

(来源:环球时报)

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