Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

10% of Coquitlam employers said they expect to grow their workforce in the first three months of 2021, representing a 2% boost in hiring confidence when compared to the current quarter

Fraser Health flagged exposures at the Dr. Charles Best secondary in Coquitlam on Dec. 3, 4 and 7

Prevented from volunteering at a Coquitlam long-term care home because of an ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Gleneagle high school student Mackenzie Manning delivered Christmas centrepieces and greeting cards to seniors home

22 residents and nine staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Lakeshore Care Centre; at the Belvedere outbreak, at least five residents have died, and a further 52 have been tested positive for the virus

The latest incident occurred at the city’s Poirier branch, but at Coquitlam’s City Centre library, anti-mask incidents have ramped up to roughly three a day since Dr. Henry introduced a B.C.-wide mandatory mask policy

November’s 740 new cases represent a staggering jump from the 363 new cases reported in October. At the same time, the rate of growth in new cases has slightly levelled off

Henry did not elaborate on where threats to the vaccine’s logistical chain came from, but she said her team is acting on advice from the federal government and in consultation with other countries

If a single person, including a grandparent, is looking to ward off loneliness, pick one child and their household unit to visit, recommends B.C.’s top doctor

“We have seriously ill nurses who need mental health support to be able to continue to support their patients.”

B.C. set a grim new record December 10, with 28 new COVID-19-related deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 587.