And that breaks his mom’s heart. “She was happy when I was pregnant. She was really, really happy,” said Rose Wong. Wong’s mom, 73, was one of 41 residents at Vancouver’s Little Mountain Place who died in B.C.’s worst COVID-19 long-term care outbreak. “We have to live our life without her and it’s so hard,” Wong told CTV News in an emotional interview. “I lost my dad already. I didn’t expect to lose my mom.” Wong believes more should have been done to protect seniors before the second wave hit. On Monday, the province announced support for a handful of struggling long-term care homes in the form of Canadian Red Cross workers who will help in non-clinical activities such as sanitizing, cleaning and setting up virtual visits.
Health officials in British Columbia announced 514 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths from the disease in their final coronavirus update of the week.
by Province of British Columbia on Friday Jan 29 2021
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia:
“Today, we are reporting 514 new cases, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 66,779 cases in British Columbia.
“There are 4,557 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are 292 individuals currently hospitalized with COVID-19, 74 of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.
“Currently, 7,242 people are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and a further 59,551 people who tested positive have recovered.
The number of those hospitalized in B.C. with COVID-19 was less than 300 for the second day in a row, on January 29, after nine weeks of being above that level. The 292 people in hospital with . . .
All long-term care residents, staff offered COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.
Last Updated Jan 30, 2021 at 9:12 am PDT
A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Summary
B.C. reported five COVID-19 deaths, 514 new infections Friday
Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed every resident, staff member in long-term care in B.C. was offered COVID-19 vaccine
By the third week of February, B.C. expects to see increased numbers of vaccine doses again
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Every resident and staff member in long-term care across the province has been offered the COVID-19 shot, the provincial health officer said Friday.