Thus we’ve moved toward significant levels of virtual medical care in the space of a few months. The lesson we now have to learn is what aspect of virtual medical care works and should be kept, and when should patients and doctors meet face to face. Can virtual care be the most important tool we have to address the shortage of family physicians, or will it be a financial add-on to the health budget with no discernible impact on patient health? The College of Physicians and Surgeons should publish guidelines as to the appropriate limits around this form of care.
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With signs on the B.C.-Alberta border the only thing to deter our provincial neighbours from vacationing here, there’s growing concern that Alberta’s high COVID-19 rates could spill into B.C., just as cases edge downward here.
Alberta has more than 23,000 active COVID-19 infections and has the highest case rate of any jurisdiction in North America. A record 154 infected people were in intensive care on Monday.
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The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is warning that as Alberta grapples with the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita in Canada, interprovincial travel could increase transmission in B.C.
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BC RCMP announced today they will be establishing COVID-19 Travel Restriction Road Checks at select locations starting this Thursday, May 6, as part of the provincial ban on non-essential travel.
Road Checks will be located at:
Highway 1 in the Boston Bar area;
Highway 3 in the Manning Park area;
Highway 5 in the Old Toll Booth area;
Highway 99 in the Lillooet area.
Police said signage will be in place informing travellers of upcoming road check locations and providing safe u-turn routes should motorists determine that their travel is not essential and wish to avoid the road check. Commercial vehicles will not be subject to road checks.
Posted: May 03, 2021 2:28 PM PT | Last Updated: May 4
Hundreds of people are pictured waiting in a line hoping to get a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination available for people 18 years or older during a pop-up clinic at the Newton Athletic Park in Surrey, British Columbia on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Ben Nelms/CBC)