Health officials have called off the regular COVID-19 briefing in British Columbia as they prepare to update the province’s strategy for immunization against the virus. An advisory from the premier’s office says the briefing by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix is cancelled. Instead they will join a news conference Friday with…

After months of work and collaborative efforts of many in BC, the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health is proud and excited to be able to introduce a new, interactive dashboard of the survey results that puts the data in the hands of all British Columbians!  Your story, our future This dashboard shows results from the…

Check out the digital posters on country experience in COVID-19 Infodemic Management. Here is the one submitted to WHO for Canada. https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/risk-comms-updates/im-posters/poster-canada.pdf?sfvrsn=8529114a_6

If you would like to submit a question, Global BC will be hosting a Townhall with Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix on TV at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. You can email your questions for the townhall to questions@globalnews.ca  

Now is the time to double down on our efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. We have watched the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases and outbreaks on the Lower Mainland over the past weeks. Until recently, the number of positive cases throughout Island Health remained relatively low. This was not by luck. It was…

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