British Columbia health officials are scheduled to provide an update on provincial guidelines for visitation to long-term care homes amid COVID-19 on Thursday.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix are expected to speak on what role vaccination will play in visitation.
The briefing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. PT, and Global News will carry it live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.
The province eased restrictions at long-term care homes in April to allow for two visitors and a child in a resident’s room at a time without supervision.
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Communal dining and small group activities also resumed.
That came after more than 90 per cent of long-term care residents were vaccinated against COVID-19.
B.C.’s long-term care homes bore the brunt of the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, recording 329 outbreaks and at least 1,032 deaths.