Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

B.C. health officials will delay the second doses of vaccines fighting COVID-19 yet again amid ongoing supply shortages. The first and second doses of the Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc.

B.C.’s death toll from COVID-19 rose to 1,154 on January 25, after 26 residents died from the virus during the weekend, according to government data.

The province has released an update on its response to a report last fall of B.C.’s handling of the second COVID-19 wave in the long-term care sector, noting a number of steps have already been put in place.

The province has released an update on its response to a report last fall of B.C.’s handling of the second COVID-19 wave in the long-term care sector, noting a number of steps have already been put in place.

A report on B.C.’s response to the deadly COVID pandemic in the long-term care sector showed the province had a number of “operational challenges” that hampered officials in fighting the spread of the virus.

BC’s teachers are disappointed there is no vaccine prioritization for the frontline workers who have kept schools, public services and the economy open, according to Teri Mooring, president of the BC Teachers’ Federation.

Over the past couple of months, the views of Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic have gone through some interesting shifts.

Nine more people have lost their lives to COVID-19, bringing the death toll from the virus to 1,128, according to new data from the B.C. government.

Now that B.C. has rolled out its COVID-19 vaccine plan, health care professionals are wondering why a report on the fatal spread of COVID-19 in long-term homes has yet to be made public.

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