B.C. s top doctor says plan now for safe, COVID-free Christmas
Health Minister Adrian Dix looks on as Dr. Bonnie Henry gives her daily media briefing regarding COVID-19 for the province of British Columbia in Victoria, B.C., Monday, December 7, 2020. British Columbia s top doctor is advising people with chronic health conditions to contact their family doctor to determine if they should get vaccinated for COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward December 17, 2020 - 5:35 PM
VICTORIA - British Columbia s top doctor is advising people with chronic health conditions to contact their family doctor to determine if they should get vaccinated for COVID-19.
With vaccine potentially on horizon, B C s top doctor says it is important for now to keep Christmas gatherings small
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VANCOUVER Health officials have closed a Surrey poultry processing plant after 30 employees there tested positive for COVID-19. Wingtat Game Bird Packers Inc. announced in a public statement last week that some workers at its Surrey facility had tested positive for the coronavirus and that it was closing that location while it worked with Fraser Health to deal with the cases. The company did not say how many had tested positive, nor did it say whether an outbreak had been declared. Fraser Health made its first public comments on the situation in a news release Wednesday, saying that 30 cases had been detected and an outbreak declared. The health authority also said that it had closed the facility at 9752 186 St. in Surrey.
24 British Columbians die from COVID-19, 640 cases recorded
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 11:49 pm PDT
FILE: A person wears a protective face mask to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 as they walk past the emergency department of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver Wednesday, November 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Summary
It has been another deadly day in BC because of COVID-19 as another 24 people have died from the virus
640 more people have tested positive since Tuesday s report
Of the 362 people currently in hospital, 91 are in intensive care
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) It’s been another deadly day in B.C. because of COVID-19 with 24 more people losing their lives to the virus in the past day; a sobering reminder that even with the Pfizer vaccine now here in the province, British Columbians cannot let their guards down against this virus.
Fraser Health has closed a Surrey poultry processing plant because 30 employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
The health authority declared the outbreak at Wingtat Game Bird Packers Inc. Wednesday evening, and said they’re testing more staff members to see if they’re infected.
“All employees at the facility have been screened, and case and contact management is ongoing. Those identified as cases and close contacts have been instructed to self-isolate,” it said in a news release.
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