by Craig Takeuchi on December 14th, 2020 at 5:30 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3 Unfortunately, new cases and deaths remained high over the weekend in British Columbia. At today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explained why numbers are still high, and she also expressed excitement again about the arrival of vaccines. Meanwhile, there are also three new healthcare outbreaks, and 14 flights and seven stores with exposures. Vaccines arrive The first vaccine doses—approximately 4,000 of them—arrived in B.C. late on December 13 and vaccinations for healthcare workers will begin tomorrow (December 15) in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health.