Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Lessons learned from painful 2020 have raised health, safety bar for passengers in 2022

Boosters are essential to prevent serious outcomes from the Omicron family of variants in particular 

In the absence of mandates, experts say masks, vaccines and insurance can minimize health risks

Train, ferry operators struggle to cope with overheated summer travel volume

As B.C. works through the seventh COVID-19 wave, older Canadians have growing concerns about catching the virus.

The nurse will undergo remedial training in professional ethics.

With five clinics across B.C., the post-COVID network is offering support to long COVID patients who could otherwise go undiagnosed.

A Vancouver Coastal Health employee requested workstation Plexiglas in February 2020 and was reportedly told the level of public interaction was low and she could wash her hands more often. VCH says hand washing was consistent with public policy at the time.

Thirty-two recommendations to improve long-term care are currently before the government.

“There are people who have gotten their third dose who are now seeing that they are past six months and they’re saying: ‘Well, I thought that I was supposed to be getting a booster now — why can’t I?’ ”