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About 1,000 PCR tests are performed on average each day, and genome sequencing is now being done on any positive COVID test, provincial health officer says

Three natural compounds collected off the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and Newfoundland coasts have been found to have COVID-19-blocking powers in a discovery that could protect against future pandemics.

Health Minister Adrian Dix said the centres will be in place for at least six weeks.

Since the pandemic began, an average of one child a day has been hospitalized with COVID, and one a week admitted to critical care.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister says hospitals haven't yet seen the bump of COVID-19 infections that have been recorded after previous holidays during the pandemic, but the health system is still feeling the strain of respiratory illne

Kraken, a variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that has been sweeping through the U.S., is now in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ The Provincial Health Services Authority has confirmed that as of late Wednesday there were at least 12 cases of the Kraken, or XBB.1.

ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s requirement of a negative COVID-19 test of travellers from China will not help in preventing new variants or the spread of the virus, say experts.

British Columbia's health minister says he supports Ottawa's decision to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, beginning in early January.

Ottawa plans to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, beginning in early January.

From the dark January days of the Omicron wave to a pediatric health-care crisis in the fall — and an easing of public health measures in between — COVID-19 has proven to be a sustained disruptive force in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½