BREAKING - Dr. Henry says there are 74 new COVID19 test positive cases in BC. #bcpoli #COVID19bc
There are 27 cases where people are in hospital. There are now 10 deaths in the province from COVID19, 9 are linked to Lynn Valleg Care Centre. #bcpoli
BREAKING - Dr. Henry ordering tattoo shops, hair salons and barbershops to close. There are other services closed as part of this order. Full list will be out soon. #bcpoli
Dr. Henry is showing a slideshow now about infection numbers and isolating people to minimize spread. #bcpoli
Dr. Henry says “we know people in the community are spreading the disease.” #bcpoli
I’m listening over the phone, so I can’t see the slides Dr. Henry is showing.
Says there is a cluster of people in 30s and 40s with COVID. That group includes people from dental conference and health care workers. #bcpoli
Says there is a cluster of people in 30s and 40s with COVID. That group includes people from dental conference and health care workers. #bcpoli
The bulk of the cases continue to be the elderly. #bcpoli
Adrian Dix says the test numbers are going to be updated more regularly on the BC CDC website. #bcpoli
Dix says 530,000 people accessed the self assessment tool yesterday. It was highest number the province has been on a given day. #bcpoli
Still waiting for clarity on what is including in the personal services sector. #bcpoli
Dr. Henry says BC can use fines if needed and can use Peace Officers to do that. #bcpoli
On letter from Royal Columbia Hospital to have a lockdown, Dr. Henry “I believe the measures we are doing equate to those.” Now speaking about young people who are disobeying social distancing rules. #bcpoli
Supporting Yukon, Dr. Henry says testing for the territory is done in BC. Says BC is working very closely with Yukon. #bcpoli
On ban on interprovincial travel, Dr. Henry says what discussions has been has been about being more conscious not restricting inter provincial travel. #bcpoli
On Pacific Dental Conference, two weeks on conference expires soon. Everyone was notified that there were cases associated. #bcpoli
On front line workers not having enough protection and being frightened, Dr. Henry says ‘we are doing everything to protect our front line health care workers.’ #bcpoli
Some Health care workers are calling on Dr. Henry to order British Columbians must limit interactions only to family. #bcpoli
In testing capacity, Dr. Henry says there were challenges (here and globally) to actually do the tests. The backlog is being worked through. The peak in numbers of cases is not when people got sick but when results can back. #bcpoli
On people worried about being on the job and bosses not keeping them safe, Dr. Henry says this is a challenge for us. #bcpoli
On construction sites remaining open, Dr. Henry the expectation is the industry will take this on and ensure distancing is practiced. Work Safe BC is somewhere workers can go if they are worried. #bcpoli
On doctors worried that young people aren’t getting the message, Dr. Henry says they are looking at using emergency text services and posting messages on social media. #bcpoli
This is pretty interesting. Dr. Henry says the province has just started looking at using emergency texts. #bcpoli
On story about Nanaimo doctor saying they will have to chose and who lives based on ventilator shortages, Dr. Henry says no doctor in BC will have to make that decision alone. Province has been working on ‘ethical framework’ around these decision. #bcpoli
