The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency. The U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to be an…
Category: COVID-19 update
Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry announced the lifting of two remaining restrictions that were initially enacted to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Universal mask-wearing in healthcare facilities and requirements…
The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but…
Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 has expanded to Vancouver Island and the BC Interior. The BC Centre for Disease Control’s wastewater testing program was previously limited to five Lower Mainland water…
The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. fell to its lowest level in weeks Thursday. And, flu rates continue to decline following a sharp early peak in…
As the number of patients in British Columbia hospitals spikes, with the typical post-holiday surge still to come, the province’s health minister said it will reactivate 20 emergency operation centres…
The number of lab-confirmed cases of the new “Kraken” COVID-19 variant has more than doubled over the last week in British Columbia, according to the provincial health officer. In a…
by Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk As the pandemic evolves, the failure of current public health policies now shines clearer than a midnight star. The assumption that hybrid immunity —…
BC’s provincial health officer says she has no plans to re-introduce a mask mandate in the near future, and will likely only consider one if a new virus suddenly emerges….
OTTAWA (CP) — The first doses of the most up-to-date vaccine for COVID-19 will start arriving in Canada next week after Health Canada gave the green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech…