By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
British Columbia has plans to expand its inventory and distribution of rapid COVID-19 tests that can be used at home by individuals experiencing symptoms of the virus.
Continue reading Rapid tests distributed to communities across BCAccording to the provincial government’s Daily Update, there are now at least 3,906 active COVID cases on Vancouver Island. This statistic is low. The number of people who are believed to have COVID and gone into self isolation, but have not yet been tested, is growing
“As many people have noted in the past few weeks, we reached our capacity both from testing, from the lab equipment, from the personnel and the reagents,” said BC Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry on Friday.
Continue reading As Omicron spreads, the number of unreported COVID cases keeps growing ( local data)By Jenna Hamilton, Fort McMurray Today, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley said lifting COVID-19 restrictions for what the province called “the best summer ever” was “the government’s biggest failure” this past year.
In a year-end interview, Notley said it was this decision that worsened the fourth wave of the virus and pushed Alberta’s health care system to its breaking point.
Continue reading NDP ready for 2022 byelection as Notley blasts Alberta’s handling of COVID-19By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As the highly transmissible Omicron variant takes hold, British Columbia is one of the only provinces not making rapid antigen tests widely available to the public.
Rapid tests can be administered at home and measure whether someone has COVID-19 and is likely to infect others. They return results in as little as 15 minutes.
B.C. has received three kinds of tests from the federal government: Abbott ID Now, Abbott PanBio and BD Veritor. None are packaged for use at home.
Continue reading BC Should Be Doing More Rapid Testing, Experts SayLearn more about this ancient form of practicing medicine and health. Janine Maila, acupressurist, health practitioner, and teacher of Chinese Medicine joins host Manda Aufochs Gillespie this Friday at 1 p.m. on CKTZ 89.5FM or livestream on cortesradio.ca.
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