Bc Vaccine

• COVID-19: Six deaths in B.C., hospitalizations hit 500 amid new health-care outbreaks

  There were six new deaths reported Wednesday, bringing B.C.'s pandemic-related death toll to 2,455.

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  Jan 12
  
• Vaccines, variants, restrictions and protest: how COVID-19 touched B.C. in 2021

  B.C. that saw a year bookended by new waves of the pandemic -- and with them, new restrictions. We take a look back at the year of COVID in our province.

  Health

  Dec 31, 2021
  
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• B.C. to start providing COVID-19 booster shots for people aged 65+ this week

  Tuesday's announcement follows a recommendation last week from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization that people 50 years and older get a booster shot.

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  Dec 7, 2021
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• COVID-19: B.C. reports 324 new cases, 7 deaths as active and average cases hit 14-week low

  The update lowered B.C.'s seven-day average for new cases to 418, the lowest it has been since Aug. 11, and left the province with 3,380 active cases.  

  Health

  Nov 17, 2021
• Vancouver School Board won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccines for teachers, staff

  In a Thursday media release, the board noted the Vancouver Coastal Health region's 90 per cent vaccination rate. 

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  Nov 4, 2021
• B.C. parents urged to register kids for COVID-19 vaccine as U.S. green lights Pfizer

  On Friday, the U.S. FDA granted emergency authorization for Pfizer's COVID vaccine to be used for children aged five to 11, though Health Canada approval likely remains weeks away.

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  Oct 30, 2021
• COVID-19: B.C. reports 605 new cases as active and average cases trend downward

  The update dropped B.C.'s seven-day average for new cases to 580 — the first time it has dipped below 600 since late August.

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  Oct 13, 2021
• B.C.’s COVID-19 death toll tops 2,000 as province reports 743 new cases

  The update brought B.C.'s seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases to 671 and left the province with 5,969 active cases.

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  Oct 8, 2021
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• COVID-19: B.C. reports 752 new cases, nine more deaths

  The update brought B.C.'s seven-day average for new cases to 685, down from its fourth-wave peak of 754 last Wednesday. 

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  Oct 6, 2021
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• Poll finds 1 in 3 British Columbians haven’t been asked for vaccine passport as they should have

  According to the poll, those businesses could face backlash from consumers, with 60 per cent saying a failure to check proof of COVID immunization would affect their behaviour.

  Health

  Oct 2, 2021