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Vancouver Coastal Health ( VCH) is a regional health authority that provides health services including primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care, home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health and addictions services in part of Greater Vancouver and the Coast Garibaldi area.
The COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia forms part of an ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 , a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . On January 28, 2020, British Columbia became the second province to confirm a case of COVID-19 in Canada.
The majority of health services are delivered through partnerships with health authorities, physicians and other health professionals. The ministry works with five regional health authorities ( Fraser Health, Interior Health, Island Health, Northern Health and Vancouver Coastal Health) and one province-wide health authority (the Provincial Health Services Authority ), which is responsible for ...
A Vancouver care home where 41 residents died in British Columbia's deadliest Covid-19 outbreak initially told relatives there was "minimal" risk when a staff member first tested positive, so it ...
How does COVID-19 spread? See all the ways coronavirus can be transmitted and how people can help flatten the curve.
COVID-19 Incubation Period: What's the incubation period for coronavirus? Learn when the virus is most contagious, & how long to quarantine after you’ve been exposed to COVID-19.
COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that causes mild to severe cases. Here’s a quick guide on how to spot symptoms, risk factors, prevent spread of the disease, and find out what to do if you ...
COVID-19 vaccination in Canada is an ongoing, intergovernmental effort coordinated between the bodies responsible in the Government of Canada to acquire and distribute vaccines to individual provincial and territorial governments who in turn administer authorized COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Provinces have worked with local municipal governments, hospital systems ...