By James Peters

COVID-19

B.C. sees 378 COVID-19 cases; interval between vaccine doses shortened for Pfizer, Moderna

May 27, 2021 | 2:31 PM

VANCOUVER — B.C. is shortening the interval between first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine for those who participated in the province’s age-based vaccination program.

In a news conference Thursday (May 27), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the gap will change from around 13 weeks between doses to about eight weeks. This applies for those who have received messenger RNA vaccines manufactured by Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna.

Henry noted British Columbians 70 years old or older as well as those considered clinically vulnerable started to receive notifications to book their second doses Thursday.

Information is expected to be released next week regarding the interval between first and second doses for those who received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Meantime, B.C. has found 378 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, including 68 cases in Interior Health.

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Overall, there have been 143,264 cases found in B.C., spread out thusly:

• 34,653 — Vancouver Coastal (up by 98)
• 83,523 — Fraser Health (up by 189)
• 5,036 — Island Health (up by 9)
• 12,229 — Interior Health (up by 68)
• 7,625 — Northern Health (up by 14)
• 198 — Reside outside of Canada (unchanged)

Henry noted there are 3,543 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Thursday, a decrease of 37 from Wednesday. There are 286 people in hospital and 88 patients in critical or intensive care.

Within Interior Health, there are 504 active cases, an increase of 19 from Wednesday. There are 18 people in hospital and eight in critical care.

Seven more people have died of the virus, raising the provincial death toll to 1,690. The Interior Health death toll remains at 150.

A total of 137,929 are considered fully recovered from COVID-19, or 96 per cent of all recorded cases.

B.C. surpassed a milestone by delivering its 3-millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, and has now administered 3,032,811 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.