With BC Health officials adding another case to the list today, making for the thirteenth listing in BC since the virus first appeared in China in December.
Today's announcement from Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, the Provincial Health Officer noted that the patient is an individual from the Vancouver Coastal Health region who most recently returned to Canada from travels in India and Hong Kong.
“The individual is a woman in her 80s with no connection to any previously confirmed cases. She has other underlying medical conditions and is isolated in the intensive care unit at Vancouver General Hospital in critical condition.
All precautions have been taken to ensure the safety of other patients and health-care workers, while providing her with the care she needs. “A small number of close contacts have been identified and contacted by public health officials. They will be supported to self-isolate for 14 days and are being monitored for symptoms."
Today's update also noted that four B.C. patients have now fully recovered. The remaining previously announced individuals with COVID-19 are in isolation at home with support and monitoring from public health teams.
“While the risk of spread of COVID-19 within British Columbia remains low at this time, we continue widespread testing by screening British Columbians and travellers with symptoms, along with their close contacts, to identify cases of COVID-19 early."
Further notes from today's Provincial update can be found here.
The BC Centre for Disease control has also revised their Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore their notes here.
“We take the international spread of COVID-19 seriously, and Canadians can be assured that their government and health officials are working tirelessly to keep them safe. This new committee will continue to monitor the health and economic impacts of the virus, and make sure our response takes all possible measures to prevent and limit the spread of the virus in Canada.”-- The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Notes on their work can be explored further here
You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:
Federal Government site
British Columbia Government site
The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.
With no cases of COVID-19 recorded in Northern BC to this point, for the most part, Northern Health is defaulting to the provincial information flow.
You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.
For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee
Ottawa Observations
Victoria Viewpoints
For items of interest from Northern Health see our archive page here.
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