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About 3,000 unvaxxed health-care workers still on unpaid leave amid mandate

About 3,000 unvaxxed health-care workers still on unpaid leave amid mandate

Health-care workers in Northern Health region most reluctant to get the jab
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Two more pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics coming to Coquitlam this week

Two more pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics coming to Coquitlam this week

Fraser Health is continuing its reoccurring trip to the Poirier Administration Building to help Tri-City residents looking to get vaccinated against the virus.
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How the pandemic is making Canadians eat healthier

How the pandemic is making Canadians eat healthier

Three-quarters of Canadians say the coronavirus pandemic has affected their eating habits. After 18 months, that shift is leading to some healthier habits.
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Eligible Tri-City children recording 85% double-vaccination rate amid 13 COVID-19 school exposures

Eligible Tri-City children recording 85% double-vaccination rate amid 13 COVID-19 school exposures

Three schools have been listed for exposures in the month of November thus far.
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Seventeen dead from COVID-19 in past 72 hours

Seventeen dead from COVID-19 in past 72 hours

COVID-19 kills 17 since Friday, three new outbreaks at health care facilities
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'Thirty-, 40- and 50-year-olds shouldn't be dying at this level': A day in a B.C. ICU

'Thirty-, 40- and 50-year-olds shouldn't be dying at this level': A day in a B.C. ICU

A lot of young or fit people have a “false sense of security” they can beat COVID, “but we’ve unfortunately seen many people with that description becoming very sick and going on to die,” Dr. Omar Ahmad says.
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Behind the curtain: COVID patients in ICU are younger and sicker, and many won't make it

Behind the curtain: COVID patients in ICU are younger and sicker, and many won't make it

While some continue to underestimate its deadliness — even its existence — COVID is both visible and loud in the halls of Royal Jubilee’s fifth-floor ICU.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. remain "stubbornly high"

COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. remain "stubbornly high"

Unvaccinated people are 50 times more likely to land in hospital if they get COVID-19.
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Workplace COVID illness claims starting to rise again

Workplace COVID illness claims starting to rise again

Claims being filed with WorkSafe have shifted from predominantly health-care workers to other fields.
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B.C. confirms 596 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 more deaths

B.C. confirms 596 new cases of COVID-19 and 8 more deaths

There are currently 4,451 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
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