Vancouver Coastal Health

• Pop-up vaccine clinics in Metro Vancouver aim to boost slumping 1st dose numbers

  The rate of first doses in B.C. has slowed to a crawl, averaging just over 6,200 per day over the last week.

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  Jul 17
• Double amputee released from B.C. hospital with no housing

  "What they found me is, 'OK, you can sleep here from 9 p.m. to 11 a.m. but you gotta get out and you're on your own. Does that sound like housing?" double-amputee Kevin Grant said.

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  Jun 3
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• Vancouver Coastal Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Richmond Hospital

  The health authority said in a statement that it has closed the hospital's Unit 4 to new admissions and transfers, and suspended non-essential visits.

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  May 22
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• No periodic roadblocks for Metro Vancouver drivers under new B.C. travel restrictions

  The B.C. government said the new restrictions are to stop non-essential travel but still allow residents to travel for essential reasons.

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  Apr 21
• Outbreak declared within unit at Vancouver General Hospital

  Vancouver Coastal Health declared an outbreak at Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre Thursday.

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  Apr 8
• Advocate calls for public alert over dysentery outbreak in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  A dysentery outbreak has sickened at least 24 people on the Downtown Eastside and sent more than 10 people to hospital, according to a Vancouver doctor.

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  Mar 5
• Metro Vancouver’s top doctor defends response, transparency amid COVID-19 outbreaks

  Dr. Patricia Daly said it is important to allow Dr. Bonnie Henry to be a single authority on the pandemic to avoid confusion, but supports the plan to release more outbreak data.

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  Jan 11
• COVID-19 outbreak declared in respiratory unit at Vancouver hospital

  It's unclear how many cases have been confirmed.

  Dec 25, 2020
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• Mission, B.C., elementary school principal warns of COVID-19 stigma

  A Mission school principal is asking parents to talk to their kids about COVID-19 after what he calls a heartbreaking talk with a young child who had contracted the virus.

  Dec 8, 2020
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• COVID-19 ‘gargle test’ now available for adults on B.C.’s South Coast

  The tests are available at test collection centres in urban areas and anywhere tests are being collected in rural areas, officials said.

  Nov 18, 2020