Tag Archives: Health
Interior Health region records 70 new COVID-19 cases overnight
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says COVID-19 cases have increased in the region, with 70 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. An emailed statement from the health authority says 675 cases are active a...
Dave Barry Dec 24, 2020
COVID-19 increase in Kamloops, with 35 new cases found last week
VICTORIA - The BC Centre for Disease Control has updated virus mapping for local health areas, with 35 COVID-19 cases identified in Kamloops between December 13-19.That's up from the 21 cases identifi...
Dave Barry Dec 24, 2020
Province records 518 new COVID-19 cases, with decrease in active cases
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say restriction measures are starting to reduce COVID-19 transmission rates, with 518 new cases reported today in B.C (Dec. 23). Provincial Health Officer ...
Dylana Kneeshaw Dec 23, 2020
Health Canada authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on ...
Dave Barry Dec 23, 2020
2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...
Dec 20, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report
Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces.Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported.Earlier i...
Dec 19, 2020
Moderna ends frozen requirements for vaccine, easing logistics of shipping
OTTAWA - American biotech firm Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine can now be shipped locally without it needing to be frozen at all. The messenger RNA vaccine from the Massachusetts-based company is on...
Dec 18, 2020
Advocates share fear of worsening overdose crisis in 2021, want national safe supply
VANCOUVER - With overdose deaths rising across Canada, advocates for drug users are calling for the implementation of a national safe supply program as part of an effort to save lives. Failing to do s...
Dec 17, 2020
Vaccination delivery for Interior projected by early next week
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health says the details are still being ironed out, but the COVID-19 vaccine should arrive in the region early next week. In a technical briefing today (Dec. 16), IH Chief Medical ...
Dec 16, 2020
Interior Health issues drug alert for Kamloops area
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has issued a drug alert today (Dec. 16) for the Kamloops area - warning of a toxic substance sold within the region. IH says the purple, chunky substance is being sold as he...
Dec 16, 2020
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