B.C. health officials to hold live COVID-19 briefing Thursday

British Columbia health officials will provide their latest update on the province’s COVID-19 response at 1 p.m. PT Thursday.

Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.

The update comes as RCMP begins setting up road checks to enforce the province’s non-essential travel restrictions, with checkpoints at four highway locations.




Click to play video: Health Matters: A COVID-19 news update

Fraser Health also announced Thursday that grocery store workers aged 18 and up would be eligible for the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

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On Wednesday, B.C. announced it would alter its vaccination campaign to include young people, following approval of the Pfizer vaccine for youth aged 12 and up.

That same day, B.C. announced its lowest overnight number of new cases in more than six weeks, and a seven-day average and active case count last seen at the end of March.

B.C. has recorded a total of 132,925 cases since the start of the pandemic, while 1,597 people have died.
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