British Columbia health officials are slated to provide their latest update on the province’s COVID-19 response at 3 p.m. PT, Thursday.
Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.
It comes a day after the province announced its plans to roll out new COVID-19 vaccines, with the first shots being delivered as early as next week.
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Front-line health workers will be first to get COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.
Front-line health-care workers will be the first to be immunized, followed by residents of long-term care facilities, first responders, vulnerable homeless people and the elderly.
Earlier this week, the province extended COVID-19 restrictions, including a ban on social gatherings of any type, until early January.
As of Wednesday, about 72 per cent of B.C.’s 39,337 total cases had recovered.