Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

The City of Victoria has asked the provincial government to postpone a council byelection until after the COVID-19 outbreak is over.

Victoria police are asking the public to avoid its front counters at both its stations as part of efforts to deal with COVID-19. The police department has two stations -- at Caledonia Avenue in Victoria and Park Place in Esquimalt.

B.C. workers stricken by COVID-19 may soon find themselves walloped by uncertainty over compensation amid the global pandemic, a B.C. lawyer says.

Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, which operates 10 casinos in British Columbia including in Greater Victoria, is temporarily suspending all operations in an effort to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Several post-secondary institutions around the Island are putting an end to face-to-face classes as they deal with the spread of COVID-19.

Mount Washington is shutting down for the foreseeable future, joining other ski resorts across the province and the country that have stopped ski lifts.

How is the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, spread? • Droplets spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. • Close personal contact such as touching or shaking hands.

What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some cause illness in people and others cause illness in animals. Human coronaviruses are common.

I wrote in Saturday’s Times Colonist about the impact that COVID-19 is having in our community — a harsh impact, one that affects all of us, even though there has only been one confirmed case of the virus on Vancouver Island.

Vancouver Island places of worship have suspended or altered weekend services and social events after health officials advised cancelling gatherings of more than 250 people. Provincial health officer Dr.