BC COVID Press Conference

• B.C. now has access to Pfizer’s Paxlovid to fight severe illness from COVID-19

  Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix will speak at 1:30 p.m. and will be live-streamed above, on BC1 and on the Global BC Facebook page.

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  Feb 1, 2022
  
• B.C.’s top doctor signals major shift in COVID strategy, says contact tracing no longer useful

  British Columbia reported 15 more COVID-19-related deaths on Thursday, as it saw the number of cases in hospital dip for the first time in more than two weeks.

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  Jan 21, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: No change to B.C.’s restrictions but infections may soon decline, officials say

  As of Monday, 431 people were in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. — an increase of 82 from Friday. Of those, 95 were in intensive care, which was only a jump of two.

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  Jan 11, 2022
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• Fully vaccinated seniors made up nearly half of B.C.’s COVID-19 deaths in October

  In October, modelling numbers released by the province showed a stabilization in the COVID situation with fewer new cases of the virus in the province.

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  Nov 4, 2021
• Children still catching COVID outside school, not in classrooms, B.C. officials say

  On Monday B.C. reported 1,846 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days, along with 26 deaths. There are 4,917 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.

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  Oct 19, 2021
• B.C. data shows dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases among school-aged children

  The Ministry of Health said it has heard from parents and teachers that they want public health to provide access to information around school exposures quickly.

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  Sep 28, 2021