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09.10.2020 / 01:57

Dr. Bonnie Henry’s health and safety advice for B.C. businesses

Dr. Bonnie Henry says she has received many questions recently from businesses about what they should be doing if somebody on their team tests positive for COVID-19 or is home sick and is waiting for testing.

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B.C. health officials to provide live coronavirus briefing Thursday

COVID-19 response at 3 p.m. PT, Thursday.Global News will stream the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and carry it on BC1.

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B.C. flattening COVID-19 curve, but ‘not out of the woods’ yet

British Columbia provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the province’s COVID-19 curve is flattening again, with transmission rates becoming more manageable.

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Parents, teachers call for greater transparency of COVID exposures in schools

B.C. parents and teachers are calling for more transparency about COVID-19 exposures in schools. Grace Ke has the details, and the response from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.

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West Vancouver parents demand more information about COVID-19 school exposures

COVID-19 exposures in schools.In an open letter to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Vancouver Coastal Health Chief Medical Health Officer Dr.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry’s advice for a safe Thanksgiving celebration

With Thanksgiving coming up next weekend, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is encouraging British Columbians “to make our celebration large in thanks, large in gratitude, but small in size” during the pandemic.

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B.C. modelling numbers show the latest COVID-19 impact on school-age kids

B.C.’s top doctor Bonnie Henry shows the latest COVID-19 modelling data for September and reports on how children under the age of 19 are ‘underrepresented’ when it comes to virus transmission and hospitalization numbers in the province.

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B.C. health officials report 358 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths since Friday

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provides an update on COVID-19 cases on Monday, October 5, for the previous 72-hours.

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B.C. reports 358 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths over three days

COVID-19 over a three-day period and four new deaths.Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 130 cases from Friday to Saturday, 108 cases from Saturday to Sunday, and 120 cases from Sunday to Monday.The four deaths bring the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 242.There are 1,353 active cases in the province, an increase of 51 since Friday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Sixty-six COVID-19 patients are in hospital, an increase of three.

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B.C. provincial health officer to present latest COVID-19 modelling data on Monday

COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Bonnie Henry is expected to focus part of the presentation on the impacts the return to school has had on the spread of the novel coronavirus and cases among school-aged children.Numbers show COVID-19 cases in kids under the age of 10 increased 67 per cent from Sept.

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B.C. finalizing guidance on how to safely celebrate Thanksgiving, Halloween and Remembrance Day

With Thanksgiving, Halloween, Remembrance Day and even Christmas on the horizon, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is finalizing guidance on how British Columbians can safely mark traditionally social holidays during COVID-19.

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More Metro Vancouver schools report COVID-19 exposures

COVID-19.The Surrey School District on Thursday reported a COVID-19 exposure at K.B. Woodward Elementary and Rosemary Heights Elementary.

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B.C. parents watching closely as number of COVID-19-positive kids climbs

COVID-19 since schools reopened last month.According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, there were 178 cases among kids under 10 years old on Sept. 10.

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B.C. health officials report 82 new cases of COVID-19, after a record number of tests conducted

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Highlights from Dr. Bonnie Henry’s one-on-one with Sophie Lui about B.C.’s deadly overdose crisis

Global’s Sophie Lui sits down to talk to B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry about the ongoing deadly overdose crisis, and what can be done to stop it.

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B.C. health officials report 105 new cases of COVID-19, one additional death

B.C. health officials release a written statement with the daily COVID-19 numbers for Tuesday, Sept. 29. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey has analysis and explains why Dr. Bonnie Henry is keeping an eye on hospital numbers.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry on some high school students gathering and mixing cohorts

Global BC reporter Richard Zussman asks provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry about the threat of high school students gathering at local convenience stores or restaurants and mixing cohorts.

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B.C. health officials report 267 new cases of COVID-19, 3 deaths in 72-hour period

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B.C.’s top doctor weighs in on the issue of Mounties and masks

Dozens of RCMP members have been pulled from the frontlines due to their facial hair. Rumina Daya reports on what the issue is and what Dr. Bonnie Henry has to say about it.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry says she’s received abuse, death threats

British Columbia’s top doctor says she has been the target of abuse and death threats during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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So long swabs: B.C. unveils new mouth-rinse COVID-19 test for kids

COVID-19 test for kids that will no longer require an uncomfortable nasal swab.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the test at her Thursday briefing, adding the plan is to eventually make the new test available for everyone.The new “mouth rinse/gargle” test is available for people aged four to 18 years old and involves swishing and gargling a sterile saltwater solution, then spitting it into a collection tube.

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B.C. officials report 165 cases of COVID-19, one additional death

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports another single-day record with 165 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and one additional death for Thursday, September 17.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry announces innovative mouth rinse COVID-19 test for kids

Speaking at her Thursday COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announces a new test available to K- 12 students to stop the spread of the pandemic.

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B.C. reports 122 new COVID-19 cases, as active cases top 1,600

COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, sending the number of active cases in the province to another new record.Officials reported 1,614 active cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus — double the amount just one month ago.In a written statement, health officials said the province’s death toll remained unchanged at 219.Another 2,966 people were in isolation because of possible exposure.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]An outbreak of COVID-19 was declared at the Delta Hospital on Wednesday.Sixty people with COVID-19 were in hospital — 23 of whom were in intensive or critical care.About 76 per cent of B.C.’s 7,438 cases have recovered so far.

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How B.C. health officials are assisting remote Indigenous communities during the pandemic

At a press conference on Monday, provincial health officer Dr.

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Are B.C. health officials concerned about the rising number of COVID-19 patients in hospital?

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey asks Dr. Bonnie Henry about the recent number of severe cases of COVID-19.

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How B.C. schools should handle wildfire smoke concerns during the pandemic

Speaking to reporters at a COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explains how schools should deal with smoke from the wildfires in the U.S. and ventilation in classrooms.

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B.C. officials report 317 new COVID-19 cases over 72-hour period, 6 additional deaths

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 317 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and six additional deaths on Monday, September 14, for three reporting periods.

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‘Were just bleeding out’: Vancouver pub blames closure on new COVID-19 liquor rules

COVID-19 and physical distancing protocols, Thompson said the Met was one calamity away from closing when on Sept. 8, Dr.

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Coronavirus: Okanagan pub owners question new liquor sale restrictions

As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed back up in B.C., provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered all nightclubs and banquet halls to shut their doors once again.In addition, all liquor sales in bars, pubs and restaurants must stop at 10 p.m.

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Dr. Henry lays out rules for B.C. school COVID-19 outbreaks

B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the province is looking at different responses to possible COVID-19 transmissions.

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B.C. officials report 139 new cases of COVID-19, highest daily total since outbreak in March

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 139 new cases of COVID-19 in the province and no additional deaths for Thursday, September 10. This marks another single-day record high for British Columbia.

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Nightclubs, banquet halls warn they cannot survive another COVID-19 shutdown

COVID-19 cases.“A few weeks ago on Granville Street, (in Vancouver), people couldn’t get into the bars as they were at their COVID capacity so they were partying on the street in the middle of a pandemic,” Jeff Guignard from B.C.’s Alliance of Beverage Licensees told Global News. “We knew if you continue that type of behaviour, further lockdowns are happening and that’s what Dr.

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‘Kicked when we’re down’: New COVID-19 restrictions hit already struggling B.C. restaurants

COVID-19 public health orders limiting service.“It’s gutting. It really is,” said Christina Cotell, who runs Gringo restaurant in Vancouver’s Gastown.“We’re already hit because of tourism, we’re already hit because of capacity.

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Fall season presents additional COVID-19 risks and a ‘chaotic couple of months,’ experts suggest

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Frequent cross-border weddings in Peace Arch Park spur COVID-19 concerns

Coronavirus: Peace Arch Provincial Park to close again due to spike in visitors “I think British Columbians are doing a good job and trying hard to follow (provincial health officer Dr.) Bonnie Henry’s lead … but when they get to the park they seem to think that the rules don’t apply to anybody,” Johnston told Global News, Wednesday.“The hugging and hand-shaking, the mixing of Americans and Canadians together … my concern is that people come back to Canada and don’t isolate, and go into the stores that I might be in.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Washington state Park Ranger Rick Blank said the park is seeing anywhere from 10 to 20 weddings per week, along with birthday parties, anniversaries

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B.C.’s top doctor says she thinks Halloween can be rescued this year

Halloween can be rescued for kids across this province amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said she will be providing more guidance on Halloween festivities closer to Oct.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry orders bars, nightclubs and banquet halls to shut down again

With B.C.’s COVID-19 cases on the rise, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has ordered bars, nightclubs and banquet halls to close again. Keith Baldrey reports.

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B.C.’s top doctor on whether out-of-school activities will be allowed this fall

Global BC reporter Richard Zussman asks provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry about field trips and interschool competitions being allowed during the pandemic.

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B.C. health officials report 429 new cases of COVID-19, 2 deaths over four-day reporting period

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, September 8, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 429 new cases of COVID-19 and two additionals deaths over the previous four days.

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B.C. nightclubs must close once again as COVID-19 cases rise

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said all nightclubs in B.C. must close once again as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. Effective immediately, nightclubs must close until further notice.

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All B.C. nightclubs, banquet halls ordered closed again as COVID-19 cases rise

COVID-19 cases climbs back up in B.C., provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Tuesday ordered all nightclubs and banquet halls to close once again.In addition, all liquor sales in all bars, pubs and restaurants in the province must cease by 10 p.m.

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Anxiety high for B.C. teachers as they prepare to return to school on Tuesday

COVID-19.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the expectation is students will be one metre apart when looking forward and should avoid face to face contact when closer than two metres.

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COVID-19: Why B.C.’s top doctor says one metre of distance is sometimes good enough

COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: keep two metres apart to stop the spread of the virus.But that guidance has now changed, at least in some circumstances.At her Thursday briefing, B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said a one metre spacing can be good enough in school and workplace settings.

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B.C. officials report 121 cases of COVID-19, second-highest number since pandemic began

B.C. health officials release a written statement with the daily COVID-19 numbers for Friday, Sept. 4. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey has analysis and a long weekend message from Dr. Bonnie Henry.

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What do the latest COVID-19 modelling numbers mean for British Columbians?

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explains what the September 3 modelling numbers mean for British Columbians.

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B.C. officials report 89 new cases of COVID-19, one additional long-term care home death

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reports 89 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, September 3.

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B.C. reports one death and 89 new COVID-19 cases, total cases now top 6,000

COVID-19 on Thursday.The number of active cases in the province also edged upward to 1,175, said provincial health officer, Dr.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0