Interior Health coordinating COVID-19 second shot clinics throughout region
Interior Health’s #journey2immunity campaign continues to accelerate a media release said Monday. Interior Health said approximately 518,000 doses of vaccine have been administered and more are on the way as Interior Health continues to deliver immunization clinics throughout the region. “People are beginning to receive...
B.C. relaxes COVID-19 restrictions as cases decline; dining with friends, some gatherings, limited travel now allowed
BC Premier John Horgan Tuesday outlined the province's cautious four-step plan for a careful and safe restart following a steady decline in COVID-19 case counts and more than 60% of adults receiving a first dose of vaccination. “British Columbians have sacrificed so much over the last 15 months to...
Weekend COVID-19 case count drops to less than 1,000; 117 in Interior Health region
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: "Today, we are reporting on three periods. From May 21 to May 22, we had 356 new cases. From May 22 to May 23, we had 325 new cases...
Weekend COVID-19 total 1,360 new cases, Interior Health 125
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: "Today, we are reporting on three periods. From May 14 to May 15, we had 443 new cases. From May 15 to May 16, we had 493 new cases,...
Interior Health calls for #journey2immunity influencers
Interior Health’s #journey2immunity has reached the 385,000 dose milestone of COVID-19 vaccine administered throughout the Interior. Now, there's a call for local influencers to help get people registered for their COVID-19 vaccines as our #journey2immunity continues. “In every community throughout the Interior region community...
Selkirk College Doing Its Part to Assist Vaccine Rollout
With the din of student activity on Selkirk College campuses dullened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Campus Manager Tarunjit Jassar says providing space to Interior Health for its vaccination clinics has brought vital energy back to previously quiet hallways. Since the vaccine clinics began on the Castlegar Campus and Nelson’s...
Kootenay Boundary COVID-19 cases on downward trend
New COVID-19 cases in Kootenay Boundary have decreased according to the release Wednesday of the B.C. Centre of Disease Control website of the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case Residence map. The map, one of the many graphics on the BC Centre of Disease Control website, shows the highest numbers...
COVID-19 spike forces shut down of Nakusp Elementary
School administrators in Nakusp have shut down the community’s elementary school from May 4 to 16 after some cases of COVID-19 in the school community left most of the staff and students unable to attend classes. A number of staff and students have to self-isolate for 14 days. “In order to support the Nakusp Elementary School...
COVID-19 cases in Kootenay Boundary decline, RCMP begin Travel Restriction Road Checks
Similar to the rest of the province, cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in the Kootenay Boundary following the release Wednesday on the B.C. Centre of Disease Control website of the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case Residence map. Golden is now has the most reported COVID-19 cases for the...
Op/Ed: Interior Health marking Mental Health Awareness Week
COVID-19 has impacted each of us in many ways. One of the areas that we are monitoring closely is mental health. Mental health affects all of us. As we mark the 70th annual Mental Health Awareness Week I’d like to take this opportunity to recognize the toll that the ongoing pandemic is having on people’s feelings of stress,...
