Close X
Thursday, November 21, 2024
ADVT 
National

B.C. premier to announce vaccine partnerships

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Mar, 2021 04:42 PM
  • B.C. premier to announce vaccine partnerships

British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Dr. Penny Ballem, the lead on the provincial COVID-19 immunization team, are to reveal more information today on the vaccine rollout.

A government release says they will be announcing new partnerships for the immunization plan.

Health officials announced yesterday that another 200,000 people who have serious medical conditions would be able to book a shot sooner than expected, starting on Monday.

Health Minister Adrian Dix says "tremendous progress" has been made in the age-based vaccine program, allowing the government to move those who are at increased health risk up in the queue.

People with various forms of cancer, transplant recipients, those with severe respiratory problems, kidney disease and other conditions will get a letter in the mail to take to their appointment.

The age-based schedule is also being accelerated with those age 76 and up able to book starting at noon today.

MORE National ARTICLES

Health Canada to add warning on AstraZeneca

Health Canada to add warning on AstraZeneca
The department's chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma says the warning comes on the heels of a similar warning in Europe last week but doesn't change Health Canada's analysis that the vaccine's benefits outweigh its risks.

Health Canada to add warning on AstraZeneca

E-scooters get green light in B.C. pilot study

E-scooters get green light in B.C. pilot study
The six participating municipalities where e-scooters will soon be legal are Kelowna, Vernon, Vancouver, West Vancouver and North Vancouver city and district.

E-scooters get green light in B.C. pilot study

Urgent need for waste management in North: report

Urgent need for waste management in North: report
The marine conservation group says northern communities produce a similar level of waste to cities in the south, but have fewer ways to deal with it.

Urgent need for waste management in North: report

Advocates fear jails filling again during pandemic

Advocates fear jails filling again during pandemic
About a year after the first COVID-19 cases emerged in Ontario jails, the update by the Prison Pandemic Partnership says the risk to inmates increases when there is less space.

Advocates fear jails filling again during pandemic

O'Toole brushes off grassroots vote on climate

O'Toole brushes off grassroots vote on climate
Over the weekend, delegates to the Conservatives' policy convention voted down a resolution that would have included the line "climate change is real" in the party's official policy document.

O'Toole brushes off grassroots vote on climate

Canadians still edgy about U.S. visitors: poll

Canadians still edgy about U.S. visitors: poll
It found 70 per cent of 2,200 Canadian respondents were either very or somewhat worried about allowing cross-border travel.

Canadians still edgy about U.S. visitors: poll