Bonnie Henry Update

• B.C. spring COVID-19 booster program set to start in April

  In a slight deviation from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is suggesting those with no natural immunity get the booster.

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  Mar 10
  
• COVID-19: B.C. hospital cases fall again, report argues latest wave has peaked

  As of Aug. 18, there were 366 cases in hospital, down 32 from last week, and 22 cases in critical care, unchanged since last Thursday.

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  Aug 18, 2022
  
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• B.C. to stay the course as U.S. CDC relaxes COVID guidelines: Health minister

  "Our path is our path. The United States has had its own path from the beginning," B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix told Global News.

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  Aug 12, 2022
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• COVID-19: Cases in B.C. hospitals fall to one-month low

  As of Aug. 11, there were 398 positive cases in hospital, the fewest since July 7. There were 22 people in critical care, the fewest since June 16.

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  Aug 11, 2022
• B.C. to begin vaccinating kids under five against COVID-19 on Tuesday

  Starting Tuesday, British Columbia will begin offering pediatric doses of the Moderna Spikevax mRNA vaccine to children aged six months old to five years old.

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  Aug 1, 2022
• COVID-19: Cases in B.C. hospitals hold steady, admissions show first dip in weeks

  There are 401 COVID-positive patients in hospital, down five from last Thursday, and 35 patients in ICU, an increase of five, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

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  Jul 28, 2022
• COVID-19: Thirteen inmates test positive at B.C. medium-security prison

  The Mission Institution says it has suspended in-person visits to two units amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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  Jul 22, 2022
• COVID-19: Cases in hospital dip, but admissions rise for 4th straight week

  As of July 21 there were 406 COVID-positive patients in hospital, a drop of 20 over last Thursday, and the first decline since mid-June.

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  Jul 21, 2022
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• COVID-19: Cases in B.C. hospitals climb by 57 as admissions trend up for 3rd week

  As of July 14 there were 426 COVID-19 cases in hospital, up 57 from last Thursday, and 34 cases in ICU, a decrease of two, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

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  Jul 14, 2022
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• COVID-19 cases in B.C. hospitals jump by nearly 100, admissions rise for 2nd week

  As of July 7 there were 369 cases in hospital, up 96 from last Thursday, and 36 cases in ICU, an increase of four, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

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  Jul 7, 2022