Bc Flu Season

• B.C. removes mask mandate in hospital and health-care settings

  This announcement comes after what health officials called a 'winter surge' in respiratory illnesses at the end of last year, which hit the province hard.

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  Apr 6, 2023
  
• No new child flu deaths, infection rates falling in all age groups, B.C.’s top doctor says

  This update comes as the number of patients with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals fell to its lowest point this week since early November, as province-wide test positivity held steady.

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  Jan 13, 2023
  
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• Flu season hits B.C. earlier than expected, disproportionately impacting children

  Illness has been soaring among children, with B.C. Children's Hospital being so busy that patients are often left waiting hours to see a doctor.

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  Dec 5, 2022
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• ‘Do our part’: B.C. health experts urge masks indoors due to COVID, flu

  As the province has now entered cold and flu season, experts are urging people to wear masks indoors to stop the spread of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. 

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  Oct 30, 2022
• B.C. bracing for rough flu season as health experts encourage vaccination

  While pandemic precautions made the last two flu seasons exceptionally light, Australia had its worst season in five years and health experts worry it will be the same in B.C.

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  Sep 9, 2022
• B.C. confirms season’s first flu cases, urges vaccination amid COVID pressures

  Officials say it's too soon to tell what flu strain will be dominant this season, but that the four types detected so far are included in this year's vaccine.

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  Nov 4, 2021
• While COVID-19 surges, health officials cautiously optimistic seasonal flu cases dropping

  With all of the alarm about COVID-19, health officials are cautiously optimistic that this year's flu season will be a different story.

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  Nov 18, 2020
• Mild start to B.C. flu season, but officials still recommend vaccine

  The BCCDC says by this time last year, there were already five to 10 times as many reported flu cases.

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  Oct 4, 2018
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• B.C. pharmacists gearing up for busy flu season

  Pharmacists expect to dole out more than half a million shots, with a particularly bad flu season anticipated.

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  Oct 28, 2017