Vaccine advisers to the US government say they don’t foresee AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine being used in the United States, and even if it were offered, they personally wouldn’t take it, given the other available options. This week the CDC has suspended the use of Johnson and Johnson vaccines in the US of A. Puts safety […]

“Today, we are reporting on three periods. From April 9 to 10, we had 1,283 new cases. From April 10 to 11, we had 1,036 new cases and in the last 24-hours, we had a further 970 new cases. “This results in a total of 3,289 new cases, for a total of 112,829 cases in […]

The throne speech highlighted concrete actions government will take over the next year to ensure that B.C. comes back from the pandemic stronger and more resilient: * improving health care so B.C. is better prepared for future challenges by addressing cracks in long-term care that COVID-19 has exposed, reducing surgery wait times and building more […]

  · Completed oversight for the Loose Bay Campground, which closed on October 31, 2020. A total of 1,451 persons stayed at Loose Bay for a total 13,424 nights with no COVID-19 exposures or outbreaks Grants · Continued work on the Similkameen flood response and mapping projects through UBCM  grant. ($138,957) · Continued work on […]

RE: ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE 2021/22 FISCAL YEAR Request from IH to designation Penticton walk in clinic as a HOSPITAL As a follow up to our funding request letter dated December 17, 2020 we would like to present you with an additional project, for which Interior Health (IH) has received government approval to […]