No Time for Complacency as Rise of Variants Becomes a Concern
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There is an increasing number of cases of COVID-19 variants of concern as the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across BC.
On Friday, the province reported it has found more than four-thousand cases to date that are confirmed variants of concern.
This includes 3,082 cases of the B.1.1.7 (U.K.) variant, 55 cases of the B.1.351 (South Africa) variant and 974 cases of the P.1 (Brazil) variant.
More than a year into the pandemic, people have grown weary of health protocols and restrictions; many are letting down their guard.
Print article BLAINE, Wash. In the shadows of COVID-19 travel restrictions, a 42-acre park on the far western edge of the U.S.-Canada dividing line has become a popular opening in an otherwise closed border, a place where Americans and Canadians can gather without needing permission to go through an official border crossing. What is known as Peace Arch Park has lush green lawns, gardens and a 67-foot-tall white concrete arch erected in 1921 that spans the border. It’s an often muddy, sometimes idyllic place. But the pandemic has transformed this patch of historically neutral ground into a playing field for some fundamental public health questions.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, attention to travel measures has largely focused on air travel. This includes the potential use of “vaccine passports” to open up international borders again. However, for countries with extensive land borders, there are special challenges.
Canada and the U.S. share the world’s longest undefended land border. While the U.S. is Canada’s most important trading partner, it’s also the world’s epicentre for coronavirus infections and deaths.
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Ottawa has no plans to force land travellers to quarantine in hotels â at least not yet
The federal government has no immediate plans to force non-essential travellers entering Canada by land to spend part of their quarantine in a pricey hotel, CBC News has learned. But discussions over implementing tougher measures at land borders are in progress, one official says.
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