Health officials are calling British Columbia’s past flu season “exceptional,” in the sense that it never really happened.
In the final surveillance bulletin of the 2020-21 flu season, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) says that there was “no sign of influenza virus circulation.”
“In summary, this influenza season was exceptional in not having actually really happened,” reads the surveillance report.
According to the bulletin, the BCCDC tested 75,000 clinical samples for influenza between September 27, 2020, and May 1, 2021. Of those samples, only 18 influenza viruses were detected in BC from 11 individuals.
Ten of these 11 people, however, had recently received a live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). The BCCDC suggests that this influenza originated from a flu vaccine that contained a modified virus, instead of being a genuine case of the flu.
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May 20, 2021
B.C.’s COVID-19 updates for May 20
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, today (May 20) issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia.
Dr. Bonnie Henry
Today, we are reporting 357 new cases, for a total of 140,953 cases in British Columbia.
There are 4,636 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. A further 134,521 people who tested positive have recovered.
Of the active cases, 331 individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 113 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
Since we last reported, we have had 80 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 210 new cases in the Fraser Health region, 12 in the Island Health region, 33 in the Interior Health region, 22 in the Northern Health region and no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada.
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On May 13 Dr. Bonnie Henry said coronavirus rates are decreasing across BC but that it is still too early to change the restrictions on gatherings.Photo via Morsa Images / Getty Images
As vaccination rates climb and daily transmission rates drop, many British Columbians wonder when health officials will ease restrictions on social gatherings.
But don t plan on having any wild parties this summer.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry told reporters in the daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday (May 13) that vaccination rates are increasing across the province but that it is still too early to make any significant changes to existing health measures.
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