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“The surprise is that we haven’t seen more children infected during this pandemic,” said study leader Dr. Manish Sadarangani, an investigator at B.C. Children’s Hospital. “It seems to be behaving very differently to other viruses like influenza and the usual common-cold viruses that circulate and that we see every year.”
The SPRING study is recruiting 2,500 children and young adults — anyone up to 24 years of age — to be test subjects, filling out a questionnaire and being subject to a finger-prick blood test that detects antibodies to the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes COVID-19. Several thousand more participants will be added in the months to come.
12 a.m. – B.C. records 656 news cases and 16 more deaths in the past 24 hours
Sixteen more people in B.C. have died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest update from health officials. That brings the total number of deaths in B.C. since the start of the pandemic to 457.
Officials also reported an additional 656 cases since Monday, bringing the total number of active cases to 8,796. Of those, there are now 336 people in hospital, including 76 in the ICU.
There is also one new health-care facility outbreak, at The Harrison at Elim Village, while two previous outbreaks were declared over: Holy Family Hospital and Jackman Manor.
12 a.m. – Fraser Health purchases 14 virus-zapping robot cleaners
Fraser Health has added 14 virus-zapping robot cleaners to its infectious health team.
