by Craig Takeuchi on March 9th, 2021 at 7:00 PM
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Case numbers remain around similar levels as previous days, which are—as both B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix have previously pointed out—remain too high.
What’s more, the P1 variant, which was first detected in Brazil, has now arrived in B.C. (more details below) for a total of three variants of concern present in the province.
Yesterday (March 8), phone lines at health call centres opened to start taking requests for vaccination appointments. However, the huge volume of calls encountered problems getting through on lines, long wait times, and disconnected calls.