B.C. records 21 more deaths from COVID-19 and 673 new cases
B.C. has confirmed 673 more cases of COVID-19 and 21 more people have died of the disease, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Thursday.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 2:28 PM PT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix walk the halls of the B.C. legislature on their way to a COVID-19 briefing.(Michael McArthur/CBC)
VANCOUVER Health officials have closed a Surrey poultry processing plant after 30 employees there tested positive for COVID-19. Wingtat Game Bird Packers Inc. announced in a public statement last week that some workers at its Surrey facility had tested positive for the coronavirus and that it was closing that location while it worked with Fraser Health to deal with the cases. The company did not say how many had tested positive, nor did it say whether an outbreak had been declared. Fraser Health made its first public comments on the situation in a news release Wednesday, saying that 30 cases had been detected and an outbreak declared. The health authority also said that it had closed the facility at 9752 186 St. in Surrey.
VANCOUVER A chicken processing plant in Surrey has temporarily closed after some of its employees tested positive for COVID-19. Wingtat Game Bird Packers, a meat processor with locations in Surrey and Richmond, says that as of Dec. 11 its Surrey location is closed. In a statement posted to its website and on social media channels, the company says some of the employees at its Surrey plant have “confirmed, positive cases of COVID-19.” “They have remained home for isolation since the start of their … symptoms,” reads the statement. The company does not specify how many employees have tested positive. The plant s management team is meeting with Fraser Health and the Canada Food Inspection Agency to review onsite safety practices and for “further guidance and recommendations,” the statement continues.
by Craig Takeuchi on December 14th, 2020 at 5:30 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3
Unfortunately, new cases and deaths remained high over the weekend in British Columbia.
At today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explained why numbers are still high, and she also expressed excitement again about the arrival of vaccines.
Meanwhile, there are also three new healthcare outbreaks, and 14 flights and seven stores with exposures.
Vaccines arrive
The first vaccine doses approximately 4,000 of them arrived in B.C. late on December 13 and vaccinations for healthcare workers will begin tomorrow (December 15) in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health.
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