Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Health Minister Adrian Dix said the centres will be in place for at least six weeks.

Since the pandemic began, an average of one child a day has been hospitalized with COVID, and one a week admitted to critical care.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister says hospitals haven't yet seen the bump of COVID-19 infections that have been recorded after previous holidays during the pandemic, but the health system is still feeling the strain of respiratory illne

Kraken, a variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that has been sweeping through the U.S., is now in B.C. The Provincial Health Services Authority has confirmed that as of late Wednesday there were at least 12 cases of the Kraken, or XBB.1.

Canada's requirement of a negative COVID-19 test of travellers from China will not help in preventing new variants or the spread of the virus, say experts.

British Columbia's health minister says he supports Ottawa's decision to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for Canada, beginning in early January.

Ottawa plans to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for Canada, beginning in early January.

From the dark January days of the Omicron wave to a pediatric health-care crisis in the fall — and an easing of public health measures in between — COVID-19 has proven to be a sustained disruptive force in B.C.

The 83-year-old says he tried to get answers after he saw indications of COVID on his wing but never received an outright declaration.

Since Oct. 1, the federal government lifted the mask mandate on airplanes.