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More than 700 British Columbians have died from the coronavirus this year most of them in the past two months.
B.C. health officials confirmed 673 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, and 21 additional deaths. The updated numbers from Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, and Health Minister Adrian Dix saw total cases rise to 44,776, and total deaths increase to 713.
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It took all of two weeks for December’s death toll to eclipse the 190 deaths in November, then the deadliest month of B.C.’s pandemic so far, and fatalities continue to climb by double digits. Officials reported that 45 people have died in the past two days, the majority of whom are seniors and elders in long-term care.
VANCOUVER There is new hope for Canadians in the fight against COVID-19. On the same day that B.C. began its vaccination program, Canada has locked in more than 100,000 doses of a second early vaccine. “Canada Is now contracted to receive up to 160,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the December, pending Health Canada approval,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. The Moderna vaccine doesn’t need the special handling required by the Pfizer vaccine, such as extreme freezers to store it in. That means doses of the vaccine will be directed to the north as well as remote and Indigenous communities,” Trudeau explained to reporters in Ottawa.
Promised pandemic pay still pending for some front-line workers in B.C.
The provincial government promised in May to pay more than 250,000 health and social service workers a lump sum for a 16-week period that started in March. But with Christmas just around the corner, many are still waiting.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 11:19 AM PT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
A health-care worker is pictured with a senior at Tabor Home assisted living centre in Abbotsford, B.C., in November.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
With such visits not possible this year due to the pandemic, the two boys devised the idea to collect sealed boxes of chocolates and candy and greeting cards for the seniors who won’t be able to celebrate with their families this year. The boys have created a box and placed it in front of 2153 Doubletree Cres., into which donations can be dropped. Meanwhile, a new online initiative hopes to provide holiday greetings to lonely seniors unable to visit with friends and family this December. #SeniorsGreetings is the idea of the BC Care Providers Association and EngAge BC. The program aims to provide handwritten notes, videos, drawings and other expressions of love, hope and support to B.C. seniors living in long-term care and assisted living.