As British Columbia’s COVID-19 vaccine supply increases throughout the month of May, a number of different groups of people are becoming eligible to register and book their first dose of the vaccine.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced earlier this month that BC has reached a “new and encouraging point” in vaccine supply. The province is expected to receive over a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines over the course of this month.
“This is good news for all of us,” she stressed. “It means everybody who’s eligible will have access to a vaccine before Canada Day and we think significantly before that. And that leads us to think about the interval we have between dose one and dose two.”
A gym in Maple Ridge has been flagged for a possible COVID-19 exposure. Fraser Health added Olympians Gym to its list of public exposures on February 26.
“We can confirm that an event involving a ‘trivia night’ at a pub within the Fraser Health region has resulted in 25 primary cases of COVID-19, as well as numerous secondary cases including an outbreak at a child centre,” Tam said.
He couldn’t confirm specific details about which business it was, but Port Moody pub, St James’s Well, was previously flagged for potential COVID-19 exposure at its February 2 trivia night.
We’ve identified a possible public COVID-19 exposure in #PortMoody. Public Health recommends self-monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19 if you were at St James’s Well Pub, Trivia Night on the dates/times listed here: https://t.co/r9bhrKLj2upic.twitter.com/sTYYIQGiqA
St James s Well Pub
A possible COVID-19 exposure has been identified at a Port Moody pub.
Fraser Health added St James’s Well Pub, located at 248 Newport Drive, to its list of public exposures on February 13.
The possible exposure occurred on February 2 between 6:30 and 10 pm, when the pub has its weekly trivia nights.
We’ve identified a possible public COVID-19 exposure in #PortMoody. Public Health recommends self-monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19 if you were at St James’s Well Pub, Trivia Night on the dates/times listed here: https://t.co/r9bhrKLj2upic.twitter.com/sTYYIQGiqA
Fraser Health said the risk of exposure is believed to be low, but, out of an abundance of caution, anyone who was at the pub during the aforementioned time and date is asked to self-monitor for symptoms.
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One of B.C.’s newest parents thought they might have a Christmas baby, with the expected arrival on the Dec. 25 due date.
But the baby girl had a different agenda and decided she was going to be B.C.’s first baby of 2021.
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“We think she was riding 2020 out like the rest of us and waiting for 2021,” said happy new mom Catherine Harrison.
She and the baby’s dad, Darcy Doberstein, welcomed their daughter, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, at 12:21 a.m. Friday, via an unplanned C-section at B.C. Women’s Hospital in Vancouver.