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Two years have now passed since the first COVID-19 case was publicly announced in B.C., and the second year of the pandemic saw wide distribution of vaccines and multiple new variants of the disease. ....
Here's what you need to know about getting your second shot in B.C. including how long you should wait between doses and which vaccine you can expect to get for dose two. ....
VICTORIA - British Columbia residents who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be able to choose if they want to stay with the same shot or take one of the other options. ....
Article content Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she will not follow Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 reopening plan that has stages triggered by vaccination rates. On Sunday, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced more than 70 per cent of residents over 40 had received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, triggering the first step of the provincial reopening plan. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: B.C. won t follow Saskatchewan s vaccination-based reopening plan Back to video This means that on May 30 restaurants and bars in Saskatchewan can open, places of worship can fill to 30 per cent capacity and group fitness classes can resume. The plan could see the province lift most of its public health restrictions as early as mid-July, with the gradual easing of restrictions based on how many people in given age cohorts have received their first dose of a vaccine. ....
Article content Officials have vowed to provide more information on how COVID-19 is affecting specific neighbourhoods after criticism that B.C. is withholding crucial figures from the public. Despite that, the provincial health officer defended the province’s release of figures, insisting officials release as much information as they can and denying that B.C. falls behind other provinces in terms of transparency. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: B.C. promises more access to pandemic information Back to video “We are releasing more than what other provinces are releasing,” Dr. Bonnie Henry said Friday, adding that every month she and Health Minister Adrian Dix present COVID-19 modelling information based on information compiled by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. “We have been very open from the very beginning where we presented as much as we could by areas.” ....