COVID-19 data on Monday.The news conference at 3 p.m. will be carried live on BC1, on our website, the Global BC Facebook page and CKNW.During its last update on Friday, the province reported 737 cases as B.C.’s COVID-19 death toll neared 600.Provincial health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry said the province will start its immunization program this week with 4,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
B.C.’s first COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive this week Henry said workers in long-term care facilities will be the first to get the doses starting this week.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]She expects about 400,000 residents to be vaccinated by March.