VANCOUVER Interior Health is advising those who attended a party in a restaurant at Big White Ski Resort on Monday to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. In a letter to the resort, which has been posted on the resort s website, Dr. Silvina Mema, medical health officer for Interior Health, writes that those who attended the gathering have put themselves at risk of contracting COVID-19. The party at Charley Victoria s All Day Après happened on the evening of March 29, shortly after provincial health officials had announced a temporary ban on indoor dining that would take effect at midnight that evening and is scheduled to last until April 19.
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by Craig Takeuchi on March 31st, 2021 at 6:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
For the second time in the past week, B.C. has set a new record high for the new case count over the span of the pandemic.
In addition, numbers increased in all other categories, including active and hospitalized cases, and monitored people.
This isn’t good news as the province heads into a holiday long weekend, which have contributed to surges in case counts in the past due to increased social gatherings.
Meanwhile in health violation news, the owner of
Charley Victoria s All Day Après at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna issued an apology for holding an indoor dance party on March 29.
B.C. s Big White ski resort closing 1 week early on Easter Monday
The Big White ski resort is closing for the season on Easter Monday, a week earlier than scheduled, amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 and their variants across B.C.
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The Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna, B.C., is closing a week early, after detecting a significant increase in demand from the Lower Mainland, despite health recommendations to curtail all non-essential travel.(Shutterstock / Tpt)
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