COVID-19 at 2 p.m. PT, Thursday.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1. This poster shows how a B.C.
pub trivia night turned into a COVID-19 superspreader event Earlier Thursday, federal health officials signaled that a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose shot which is considered 85 per cent effective, could be approved within “days.” The U.S.
approved the vaccine on Saturday.On Wednesday, B.C. reported 542 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of active cases and hospitalizations continued a slow upward trend.
Officials also said the number of variant cases confirmed in B.C. had reached 200.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]About 92 per cent.