VANCOUVER — British Columbians are facing new COVID-19 restrictions designed to curb an alarming surge in cases that health officials have partly blamed on faster-spreading variants.
The new measures include a ban on indoor dining at restaurants and the closure of the popular Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, both of which are expected to remain in place for the next three weeks.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the stricter rules on Monday after revealing B.C. set a new single-day record
OTTAWA — Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country will receive nearly 445,000 shots from Pfizer-BioNTech for the second week running as the companies settle into a rhythm following a lengthy lull in January and much of February.
The remaining 465,000 shots are expected from Moderna, as the pharmaceutical
British Columbians are anxiously awaiting more details on the province’s COVID-19 vaccination roll-out program.
Some of that information will be tabled during a press conference featuring B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, on Monday.
Henry recently suggested that British Columbians are getting closer to some semblance of “normal” as the summer rapidly approaches.
Those comments come despite the fact the seven-day rolling average of new cases in the province has been on a steady rise over the past week. On Friday, 521