Covid-19 and Death Rates Decreasing
By Mary Okorie
Last year was quite terrible and many of our daily activities were disrupted by the appearance of Covid-19. There were a lot of cases and death rates kept increasing. People lost friends, family, and loved ones due to this virus.
Research lab scientists and pharmaceutical companies tried very hard to come up with vaccines so that the world can slowly go back to the way they were. Toward the ending of last year and the beginning of this year, vaccines have been produced and distributed. This has given us quite some hope on going back to our life. The vaccine has been shipped to Canada and has been distributed among provinces so that health personnel and other residents can take the vaccine. So far there has not been any bad news about the vaccine, instead, there have been reports of death rates reducing. Here in Manitoba where many health workers have gotten the vaccine, our death rates have reduced, and slowly we are moving from code red to a much safer code. By the end of this year, the government plans to vaccinate as many people as they can and also curb the spread of the virus.
This is like a light at the end of a dark tunnel, giving us hope that one day we might be able to go to class and connect with our fellow classmates and professors and for other people to go back to their former daily activities. We have to keep safe until Covid-19 is under control.