Coronavirus: Canada’s most Chinese city has the best performance in its region – and the worst vaccination rate


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Richmond, Canada’s most Chinese city, has impressed since the start of the pandemic with its low rate of Covid-19 infection, making it the best performing local health area in the Metro Vancouver region. But data now shows that the city also has another, less laudable title as the region’s least vaccinated area. Dr Kenneth Fung, a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia’s school of population and public health believes neither is a coincidence. While Fung attributed “highly diligent” observation of most public health recommendations among the Chinese community for Richmond’s low case rate, he also said Covid-19 vaccine...