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.
Tag: RSV
Mask mandates return as respiratory illnesses rise
The Ministry of Health has reimplemented its mask mandate for healthcare facilities across BC as the ongoing respiratory season is in full swing.
Three child influenza-associated deaths prompt CDC caution
The BC Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is reminding people to take prevention measures and seek care as levels of influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections in the province rise and have resulted in three influenza-associated deaths among children (under the age of 19) in the last two weeks of December.
Volunteers sought for RSV vaccine study
Okanagan Clinical Trials (OCT) is seeking volunteers 19 years old or older to participate in an ongoing research study for an investigational vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The study is investigating a potential prevention option for RSV in those who are considered high risk.
BC Interior inundated with influenza
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.
Interior Health keeping a keen eye on respiratory viruses
Recent hospitalization data for influenza and other respiratory viruses including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) show no major uptick in the Interior Health region but the authority is keeping an eye on the ongoing rising infections in Ontario and the prairie provinces.
BC children being most impacted by influenza
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.
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