Province shares spring COVID, flu and measles update
Around 40 people were in hospitals across BC with COVID as of Friday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a press conference.
by Times Chronicle | Apr 5, 2025 | Featured, News
Around 40 people were in hospitals across BC with COVID as of Friday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a press conference.
Hospitals in the Interior Health region are inundated with influenza cases with six children in the province already dying from complications of the flu so far this season, about double that of an entire normal flu season.
by Times Chronicle | Nov 16, 2022 | Featured, Regional
The respiratory virus season is upon us and provincial health authorities are urging British Columbians to do “what we know works” including getting vaccinated, staying home when feeling unwell, washing hands, social distancing and wearing masks where appropriate. “The respiratory season is unfolding as we expected it would, but we are in a very different place than we were a year ago,” noted Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.
Following the approval last month of the Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech version has now been approved by Health Canada.
by Times Chronicle | Sep 1, 2022 | Featured, Oliver, Osoyoos, RDOS
B.C. will soon be rolling out an Omicron-focused COVID-19 booster shot approved today by Health Canada for all residents 18 years and older.
British Columbia health officials are still undecided on whether fourth vaccine doses will be made available to the general population as immunity to COVID-19 wanes and the possibility of future, more transmissible variants loom.
Experts warn that British Columbia is putting people at risk by lifting protective measures as the BA2 subvariant brings a second, unpredictable Omicron wave in the province.
The Province will be providing a second round of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for seniors and immunocompromised people.
The province is dropping a wide range of pandemic restrictions with mask requirements to end as early as tomorrow (March 11), on the back of high vaccination rates and lower transmission.
B.C. will lift most covid restrictions from Wednesday night but the move will rely on keeping the BC Vaccine Card, indoor masking requirements and COVID-19 safety plans in place.
Two local schools – Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary in Oliver and Osoyoos Elementary – have notified parents that the schools have crossed the threshold triggering an alert that COVID-19 activity may be on the rise.
by Times Chronicle | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Oliver, Osoyoos, RDOS
Two local schools – Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary in Oliver and Osoyoos Elementary – have notified parents that the schools have crossed the threshold triggering an alert that COVID-19 activity may be on the rise.
by Times Chronicle | Jan 12, 2022 | Featured, News
B.C.’s health minister said the province will not go down the same path as Quebec on vaccinations due to the “exceptional success” of vaccination campaigns here.
by Times Chronicle | Dec 22, 2021 | Oliver, Osoyoos, RDOS, Regional
Rapidly growing Omicron Covid-19 cases across the country have led provincial authorities to bring in new measures to help limit the spread and protect hospitals from being overwhelmed.
With Canada’s first two known cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern (VOC) identified in Ottawa, B.C.’s health authorities say there is no evidence this new variant has been introduced into the province.
by Times Chronicle | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured, News, Regional
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is hoping to be ready to provide vaccines for the 340,000 children in the province between the ages of 5 and 11 by early-November.
by Times Chronicle | Sep 14, 2021 | Featured, News
Restrictions in the Interior Health region are being eased as the BC Vaccine Card comes into effect, B.C.’s provincial health officer announced Monday alongside mandated vaccinations for all health care workers and booster shots for the severely immunocompromised.
by Times Chronicle | Sep 9, 2021 | Featured, News
The BC Vaccine Card kicked off yesterday with a short online registration process generating a QR code and an image showing either ‘vaccinated’ or ‘partially vaccinated’ depending on whether a person has had one or two vaccinations.
by Times Chronicle | Aug 20, 2021 | Featured, News
COVID-19 restrictions including mandatory masks indoors and limits on indoor and outdoor gathering have returned to the Southern Interior.
by Times Chronicle | Aug 20, 2021 | Featured
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all workers in long-term care homes and assisted living facilities announced last week by B.C. health authorities will cover one of two elder care facilities in Osoyoos.
by Times Chronicle | Aug 12, 2021 | Featured, News
The province has announced COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for workers in long-term care homes and assisted living facilities with an Oct.12 deadline for a double dose.
by Sophie Gray, Local Journalism Initiative | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured, News
The province has put in place new measures to penalize those disobeying COVID-19 public health...
by Oliver Chronicle | Jul 23, 2020 | Featured, News
Sophie Carrigan Gray Local Journalism Initiative Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry urged...