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People leave Riverside Calvary Chapel after Sunday Service at the church, in Langley, B.C., on February 21, 2021. Growing COVID-19 case numbers from variants of concern in British Columbia could dash the provinceâs hopes for indoor religious services or any other return to normal life in the near future, experts say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck March 17, 2021 - 3:13 PM
VANCOUVER - Growing COVID-19 case numbers from variants of concern in British Columbia could dash the province s hopes for indoor religious services or any other return to normal life in the near future, experts say.
Sally Otto, a University of British Columbia professor who has done COVID-19 modelling, said cases of the variant first detected in the United Kingdom have doubled nearly every week since the beginning of February.
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Growing COVID-19 case numbers from variants of concern in B.C. could dash the province’s hopes for indoor religious services or any other return to normal life in the near future, experts say.
Sally Otto, a University of British Columbia professor who has done COVID-19 modelling, said cases of the variant first detected in the United Kingdom have doubled nearly every week since the beginning of February.
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Just looking at the past four weeks, she pointed out there were 81 cases of the variant on Feb. 22, 137 on March 1, 363 on March 8 and 818 on Monday. The number of cases grew to 921 on Tuesday.
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A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is given to a recipient at a vaccination site in Vancouver Thursday, March 11, 2021. The top doctor at British Columbia s First Nations Health Authority says she is hopeful all Indigenous adults in the province, including those who don t live on reserves, will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase of the immunization program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward March 13, 2021 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - The top doctor at British Columbia s First Nations Health Authority says she is hopeful all Indigenous adults in the province, including those who don t live on reserves, will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase of the immunization program.
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The top doctor at British Columbia’s First Nations Health Authority says she is “hopeful” all Indigenous adults in the province, including those who don’t live on reserves, will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase of the immunization program.
B.C. has so far only committed to vaccinating residents of First Nations communities and other Indigenous adults over 65 in Phase 2, despite the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommending that all Indigenous adults be vaccinated during that stage.
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