Chief British Columbia Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix provided an update Wednesday on the province's response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 53 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and 1 new confirmed death. There are now 606 people who had recovered from the novel coronavirus.
Medical masks are certainly very important to frontline workers' safety. People could use homemade masks to prevent the spread of their own droplets. However, staying at home and proper social distancing works very well and should be followed.
In the future, more types of testing kits may become available. At this current time, there are no at-home testing kits available that can be deemed reliable yet.
The tests may show false-positive or false-negative results. It is important to create very accurate testing, so people know for sure if they have this virus. Additional options may be invented in the future, such as tests that can tell people if they had the virus already.
Be careful, evidence certainly says that people may be able to spread the virus before realizing they have symptoms. You could have been not coughing, not sneezing and not having a high temperature. Physical distancing and hand washing remain the best way to protect ourselves. Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreaks have now been confirmed in 21 seniors’ care facilities in B.C.
Total Canadian cases:
Confirmed: 9,712
Deaths: 111
Recovered: 1,528
Read more British Columbia Coronavirus Covid-19 details here:
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Above: Flag of British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia (B.C.) is the 3rd largest Canadian province by population and 4th largest provincial economy. It is Canada’s westernmost province. It is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. Indigenous peoples have lived in this area for more than 10,000 years. European explorers began to visit this area in the 1750's.
In the first half of the 19th century, the Hudson’s Bay Company expanded to the west of the Rocky Mountains and established trading outposts. In 1849, Vancouver Island was colonized by the British and a lease was granted to the Hudson’s Bay Company giving it exclusive trading rights on Vancouver Island. B.C. remained a British colony until 1871 when it became a province of Canada.
In 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed. This created links for Canada from east to west.
British Columbia announced 4 more deaths related to COVID-19 Friday, but says the number of people in hospital with the virus has dropped for the first time in weeks.
ReplyDeleteA total of 35 British Columbians have now died from COVID-19.
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