Tag Archives: Health
Emergency doctors call for greater transparency on vaccine rollout
OTTAWA - The professional group for emergency doctors in Canada wants more transparency about COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling for a clear des...
Jan 14, 2021
Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine if shortage
OTTAWA - Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in a bid to get more people a first dose faster. The National Advisory Committee on Imm...
Jan 13, 2021
Burnout, mental health concern Kamloops teachers amid pandemic
KAMLOOPS - As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to grow in our region, teachers find themselves perched precariously on the frontline of that fight against the virus. Just one week into the ne...
Jan 11, 2021
Potential COVID-19 exposures identified at Barriere, Merritt Secondary Schools
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is reporting a potential COVID-19 exposure at a high school in Barriere last week. IH says the potential exposure at Barriere Secondary School would have been January 4, 5 a...
James Peters Jan 11, 2021
First Nation issues lockdown due to COVID-19 cases in its community
CANIM LAKE, B.C. - A First Nation located in the Cariboo has issued a lockdown due to concerns over the number of cases of COVID-19 in its community.The lockdown was issued by the chief and council of...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jan 09, 2021
Staying inside may have helped spur COVID-19 spread in Kamloops: medical health officer
KAMLOOPS - Almost three weeks into winter, and so far, the weather has been mild. However, the virus that kept us apart over the holidays has been the opposite. The week after Christmas saw a dramatic...
Dylana Kneeshaw Jan 08, 2021
One additional death at Jubilee Lodge
PRINCE GEORGE - There has been one additional death at the Jubliee Lodge as a result of COVID.To date, 48 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, which represents no change from previous updates....
Jan 04, 2021
UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
LONDON - Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford Universi...
Jan 04, 2021
B.C ends 2020 with 51,983 total COVID-19 cases, 901 deaths
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia ended 2020 with 683 new cases of COVID-19, according to provincial health officials. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an u...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village
WILLIAMS LAKE - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village after one resident tested positive. Interior Health issued an outbreak notice today (Dec. 31) and says all indivi...
Dec 31, 2020
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