More than 100 nurses across the province have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier John Horgan asking for more help on the front lines.
The open letter nurses say they’re “expressing our alarm at the insufficient and slow response of the federal and provincial governments to the current spread” of the virus. “The measures taken so far have been welcome, but they are not sufficient.
In the last week alone between Monday and Friday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in British Columbia tripled,” the letter reads. “On Monday, March 16, there were 103 cases.
By Friday that had risen to 348. This means that if they continue to grow at the same rate there could be 9,000 in B.C. by April 1.