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B.C. health minister Adrian Dix speaks to reporters, Dec. 10, 2020 as provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry look on.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Province of B.C. December 15, 2020 - 4:07 PM The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues in B.C. with 21 deaths and 522 new cases of the disease in the past 24 hours. B.C. also began giving the first COVID-19 vaccinations today, Dec. 15, according to a joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix. Today is a momentous day in our province with the start of our first COVID-19 vaccine clinics,” the statement reads. “With immunizations now underway, those who are most vulnerable to severe illness have one more layer of protection that will get stronger as each new person gets immunized.”
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B.C. distillers concerned about lack of government support for hand sanitizer donations © Megan Turcato / Global News A staff member uses hand sanitizer produced by Okanagan Spirits, a Vernon distillery.
B.C. distilleries stepped up to produce hand sanitizer early in the pandemic when there was a critical shortage.
Some even gave it away.
Now there is concern governments haven t done enough to support their efforts.
When COVID-19 hit British Columbia earlier this year, Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery felt it was the distillery s duty to pitch in.
The business temporarily switched to only producing hand sanitizer. We thought if we are not here to protect our communities, if we just go on making whisky in a time of need, we are going to be on the wrong side of history on this, said Tyler Dyck, CEO of Okanagan Spirits.