COVID-19 update for Feb. 10: Exposure alert for Surrey wrestling club | Four more deaths | B.C. seeks injunction against churches ignoring health laws – Vancouver Sun
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.
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Feb 10, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 6 minute read
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Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Feb. 10, 2021.
We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as they happen.
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B.C.’S COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS
As of the latest figures given on Feb. 9 • Total number of confirmed cases: 71,387 (4,393 active) • New cases since Feb. 8: 435 • Total deaths: 1,263 (four new) • Hospitalized cases: 241 • Intensive care: 68 • Total vaccinations: 155,585 of which 12,802 are second doses. • Cases under public health monitoring: 6,879 • Recovered: 65,618 • Long-term care and assisted-living homes, and acute care facilities currently affected: 32
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LATEST NEWS on COVID-19 in B.C.
3 p.m. – Health officials are set to share latest figures on COVID-19 in B.C.
Health officials are expected to update the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries across the province.
11 a.m. – Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Glenwood Seniors Community
Fraser Health is declaring the COVID-19 outbreak over at Glenwood Seniors Community, a long-term care facility in Agassiz.
Health officials say there are no longer any cases at Glenwood, which is owned and operated by Park Place Seniors Living.
11 a.m. – Interior Health declares outbreak at Carrington Place in Vernon
Interior Health has declared an outbreak at Carrington Place Retirement Residence in Vernon.
One resident has tested positive for COVID-19.
Everyone in close contact with this individual is in self-isolation and monitoring for symptoms, according to Interior Health.
Carrington Place is a combined assisted living and independent living residence privately operated by Chartwell.
Vancouver health officials say community spread of COVID-19 appears to be slowing in Whistler compared to previous weeks.
In a news release Wednesday, Vancouver Coastal Health says as of Feb. 8 it has identified 43 new cases of COVID-19 in Whistler, and an additional 24 older cases with earlier symptom onset dates for a total of 614 cases since Jan. 1.
9:30 a.m. – Exposure alert for Surrey wrestling club
Fraser Health has issued a COVID-19 exposure alert for a wrestling club in Surrey.
The health agency says the possible exposure occurred at the Rustom Wrestling Club, located at 104-13423 78 Ave., on Jan. 28 between 4:30 and 7 p.m.
On its Instagram page, Rustom Wrestling Club said the club has been closed since October because wrestling, like other contact sports and adult team sports, is prohibited under provincial health orders. However, the club recently made its downstair gym available to its athletes and members “with COVID-19 rules in place.”
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“The recent initiative was to help our members and help the club sustain. With the limitation of four people at a time, one person tested positive for COVID and the three others have been informed and are taking the necessary actions,” the Instagram post said.
“The individual who tested positive is recovering well.”
The exposure risk is believed to be low but Fraser Health asks anyone who may have visited the club on that day to monitor themselves for symptoms.
Rustom Wrestling Club says its gym facility will be closed until further notice.
federal requirements that international air travellers spend a mandatory three days in a government-designated hotel, it seems most arrivals in Canada will still not have to quarantine at all.
A long list of exemptions to the previous isolation order — from truck drivers to fishing crews and essential health workers — will remain in force, said Tammy Jarbeau, a Public Health Agency of Canada spokeswoman.
“The rules that were in place still stand, there are no changes,” she said Tuesday.
Border restrictions imposed in late March of last year have curbed travel into this country by about 90 per cent.
But there were still 8.6 million arrivals total (land and air) between then and the end of January 2021, and 74 per cent of them — about 6.2 million — were exempt from the previous requirement to isolate at home for 14 days, according to Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) statistics.
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According to the CBSA, three quarters of the quarantine-exempt travellers entering by land have a “critical role” in the trade and transportation sector. Another 18 per cent of the exempt people at land crossings must cross the border to go to work. And the rest fall under one of the other exemptions.
– Tom Blackwell, National Post
12 a.m. – Four more deaths in B.C. and 435 more cases
There were 435 cases of COVID-19 reported Tuesday and four deaths.
There are now 4,393 active cases of the disease in B.C., of which 241 are being treated in hospital with 68 of those are in critical. Over 6,800 people are in self isolation after being exposed to the virus.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said there has been a health-care outbreak at a group home in Kamloops.
Six staff members have tested positive at Highridge Home and Singh House, two private 24-hour support facilities located on separate floors in the same building.
There are 32 active outbreaks in health-care facilities. There have been 155,585 vaccines administered in B.C., with 1,084 given over the past day.
British Columbia’s COVID-19 vaccination program is in its darkest days, with less than 1,100 jabs given on Monday.
The provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said there were 1,089 immunizations on Feb. 8, for a grand total of 155,585 (including 12,802 second doses) since the program began in December.
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B.C.’s provincial health officer and attorney general are asking for a injunction ordering three churches to follow public health rules banning in-person religious services.
The application in B.C. Supreme Court comes after the churches filed a petition challenging the province’s prohibition on services, arguing they violate people’s rights and freedoms.
The Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, the Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford and Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack filed the petition last month.
Dr. Bonnie Henry says in her response to the petition that the ban on indoor gatherings, including in-person religious services, is necessary to limit the spread of COVID-19 in B.C.
B.C. VACCINE TRACKER
LOCAL RESOURCES for COVID-19 information
Here are a number of information and landing pages for COVID-19 from various health and government agencies.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.
The head of the province’s health authority told reporters Wednesday that the government won’t release updated data until the 160,000 people who were on the wait-list in June are contacted to verify whether they still need primary care.
Karen Oldfield said Nova Scotia Health is working on validating the primary care wait-list data before posting new numbers, and that work may take a matter of months. The most recent public wait-list figures are from June 1, when 160,234 people, or about 16 per cent of the population, were on it.
“It’s going to take time to make 160,000 calls,” Oldfield said. “We are not talking weeks, we are talking months.”
The interim CEO and president of Nova Scotia Health said people on the list are being asked where they live, whether they still need a family doctor, and to give an update on their health.
A spokesperson with the province’s Health Department says the government and its health authority are “working hard” to turn the wait-list registry into a useful tool, adding that the data will be shared once it is validated.
Nova Scotia’s NDP are calling on Premier Tim Houston to immediately release statistics on how many people are looking for a family doctor. On Tuesday, the NDP introduced a bill that would require the health minister to make the number public every month.
“It is unacceptable for the list to be more than three months out of date,” NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Tuesday.
Chender said releasing this data regularly is vital so Nova Scotians can track the government’s progress on its main 2021 campaign promise: fixing health care.
The number of people in need of a family doctor has more than doubled between the 2021 summer election campaign and June 2024. Since September 2021 about 300 doctors have been added to the provincial health system, the Health Department said.
“We’ll know if Tim Houston is keeping his 2021 election promise to fix health care when Nova Scotians are attached to primary care,” Chender said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2024.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador‘s chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada.
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says that so far this year, the province has recorded 230 confirmed cases of the vaccine-preventable respiratory tract infection, also known as pertussis.
Late last month, Quebec reported more than 11,000 cases during the same time period, while Ontario counted 470 cases, well above the five-year average of 98. In Quebec, the majority of patients are between the ages of 10 and 14.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick has declared a whooping cough outbreak across the province. A total of 141 cases were reported by last month, exceeding the five-year average of 34.
The disease can lead to severe complications among vulnerable populations including infants, who are at the highest risk of suffering from complications like pneumonia and seizures. Symptoms may start with a runny nose, mild fever and cough, then progress to severe coughing accompanied by a distinctive “whooping” sound during inhalation.
“The public, especially pregnant people and those in close contact with infants, are encouraged to be aware of symptoms related to pertussis and to ensure vaccinations are up to date,” Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Department said in a statement.
Whooping cough can be treated with antibiotics, but vaccination is the most effective way to control the spread of the disease. As a result, the province has expanded immunization efforts this school year. While booster doses are already offered in Grade 9, the vaccine is now being offered to Grade 8 students as well.
Public health officials say whooping cough is a cyclical disease that increases every two to five or six years.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick’s acting chief medical officer of health expects the current case count to get worse before tapering off.
A rise in whooping cough cases has also been reported in the United States and elsewhere. The Pan American Health Organization issued an alert in July encouraging countries to ramp up their surveillance and vaccination coverage.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2024.
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