Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

B.C.’s provincial health officer says current order has ended as province moves forward with policy work to establish a replacement system.

TORONTO — Ontario doctors who received loans from the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to cover increased costs and offset revenue losses stemming from lower patient volumes will now have one year to pay those sums back.

“He didn’t suffer any particular prejudice distinct from other members, as they all had to comply.”

BEIJING (AP) — China reported Thursday that 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures.

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government on Tuesday declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies.

If we don’t want a repeat of last year’s devastating respiratory illness season in B.C., they say now’s the time to act.

Bandage tech used to identify specific antibodies

B.C. parents reported an uptick in immunizations against a range of diseases, for their two-year-old children, despite broad pandemic disruptions in 2020 and 2021.

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization says bivalent mRNA vaccines can be used as the two-dose primary series of shots against COVID-19.

TORONTO — An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month.