B.C. health officials are scheduled to deliver their daily update on the province’s novel coronavirus pandemic response at 3 p.m.
PT on Thursday. Global News will stream the briefing here, on our Facebook page and carry it live on BC1. Earlier Thursday, Canada surpassed 20,000 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there would be no return to “normality” until a vaccine was developed for the virus.
Experts say it could be a year to 18 months for a vaccine to be developed. As of Wednesday, B.C. had confirmed 1,336 cases, 838 of whom are considered fully recovered.