BC COVID Update Tuesday

• Thousands of unvaccinated health workers remain in B.C., including 906 nurses, 86 paramedics

  More than 3,000 unvaccinated health-care workers in B.C. remain on unpaid leave, officials revealed Tuesday.

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  Nov 9, 2021
  
• British Columbians to be eligible for COVID-19 booster shot 6 to 8 months after second dose

  Starting in the new year, booster shots will first be offered to clinically extremely vulnerable people, health workers in acute care and community centres, and Indigenous people.

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  Oct 26, 2021
  
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• B.C. to hopefully start offering COVID vaccines for children in early November

  B.C.'s top doctor said parents can now register their children, ages five to 11, to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, once it is approved by Health Canada.

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  Oct 12, 2021
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• 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
• ‘None of the ICU cases in B.C. under 50 are fully vaccinated’: health minister

  Minister of Health Adrian Dix said 140 people are in intensive care right now, and 121 of them, or about 86 per cent, are unvaccinated.

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  Sep 14, 2021