{"id":25456,"date":"2020-12-04T13:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T18:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=25456"},"modified":"2020-12-04T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T18:58:18","slug":"bcs-first-covid-vaccine-and-other-news-good-and-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/bcs-first-covid-vaccine-and-other-news-good-and-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"BC’s first COVID vaccine and other news, good and bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roy L Hales<\/p>\n

Dr Bonnie Henry announced that British Columbia\u2019s first COVID 19 vaccine should roll out early in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0Needle drop 2<\/a>\u00a0by ZaldyImg via Flickr (CC BY SA. 2.0 License)<\/p><\/div>\n

BC\u2019s first COVID 19 vaccine<\/h2>\n

\u201cAs vaccines become available, they will become our first step to protect people who are most at risk from severe illness and from death. And to protect our health care system,\u201d\u00a0she said.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that we will have limited amounts at first. So we won\u2019t be able to broadly achieve what we\u2019ve been calling community immunity, or herd immunity, right off the bat \u2013 but that will come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first priority will be protecting those who are most at risk. We know that is our seniors and elders in our communities, and long term care homes in particular and in hospitals here is British Columbia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Bonnie continued, \u201cOnce we have more vaccine available, we will be making it available to all of us in BC. and that is when we can get to the point of managing and controlling this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The supply of vaccines should\u00a0increase by April and by the end of the year<\/a>\u00a0anyone in the province who wants a vaccine should be able to get it.<\/p>\n

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Looking from the Squirrel Cove Dock towards the Klahoose village, on Cortes Island. Photo by Roy L Hales.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Good news from the Klahoose village<\/h2>\n

There is good news from the Klahoose village, on Cortes Island, where\u00a0Chief Kevin Peacey reports<\/a>, \u201cThere are currently NO active cases of COVID here on the reserve. 3 cases are recovered. All symptomatic testing came back negative. This is a big relief. However we are not letting our guard down as we are not out of the woods just yet. We are still going to be on lockdown until December 7th. \u201cLockdown\u201d includes the ability for our Emergency Operation Center (EOC) team being able to leave the reserve for essential or emergency purposes. Please respect our people. The last two days have been very disappointing. Look out for further updates and thanks again for those that have been supporting us. There is too many to name right now. Emote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good News from Campbell River<\/h2>\n

Good news from Campbell River<\/a>, where a staff member at Discovery Harbour long-term care home tested positive two weeks ago. Island Health declared that COVID outbreak over on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Taken from the British Columbia COVID 19 Dashboard<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Not good news<\/h2>\n

However this morning\u2019s news is not all good.<\/p>\n

As Dr Bonnie Henry pointed out, \u201cMany of our communities around this province are affected right now. Many of whom went through the first months of this pandemic without having any cases. Without having it touch close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Island Health Dashboard<\/a>\u00a0shows 41 active cases in North Vancouver Island, as of yesterday. We do not know how many of these are in the Greater Campbell River Health Area, or the three other Health Areas in North Vancouver Island, let alone specific communities or islands.<\/p>\n

As of 4:30 PM the\u00a0British Columbia COVID 19 Dashboard\u00a0<\/a>states there were 277 active cases throughout Vancouver Island. Twelve of these are now in hospitals and four in critical care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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