COVID-19 update for Feb. 19-21: Health officials report 692 new cases, five deaths | Mounties close Pacific Highway border again because of vaccine mandate protesters – Vancouver Sun - Highlight News Today

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Home Health Updates COVID-19 update for Feb. 19-21: Health officials report 692 new cases, five deaths | Mounties close Pacific Highway border again because of vaccine mandate protesters – Vancouver Sun

COVID-19 update for Feb. 19-21: Health officials report 692 new cases, five deaths | Mounties close Pacific Highway border again because of vaccine mandate protesters – Vancouver Sun

Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.

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Feb 19, 2022  •  11 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  9 Comments

Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus /PNG

Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Feb. 19-20, 2022.

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We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as they happen.

Check back here for more updates throughout the day. You can also get the latest COVID-19 news delivered to your inbox weeknights at 7 p.m. by subscribing to our newsletter here.

B.C.’S COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS

Here’s the latest figures given on Feb. 18:

• Total number of confirmed cases: 343,631
• New cases: 692
• Total deaths: 2,786 (five new deaths)
• Hospitalized cases: 733
• Intensive care: 113
• Total vaccinations: 4,509,718 received first dose (90.5% of eligible pop. 5+); 4,266,168 second doses (85.6%); 2,432,537 third doses (56.2% of adults)
• Long-term care and assisted-living homes, and acute care facilities currently affected: 33

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IN-DEPTH: Here are all the B.C. cases of the novel coronavirus in 2021 | in 2020

B.C. GUIDES AND LINKS

• COVID-19: B.C.’s vaccine passport is here and this is how it works

• COVID-19: Afraid of needles? Here’s how to overcome your fear and get vaccinated

• COVID-19: Here’s where to get tested in Metro Vancouver

• B.C. COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool

LATEST NEWS on COVID-19 in B.C.

Mounties close Pacific Highway border again because of vaccine mandate protesters

There are more duelling protests today in Metro Vancouver.

Vaccine mandate protesters were met with counter protesters in Vancouver before the so-called “freedom convoy” headed back to the border in Surrey.

Police have shut down the border once again over safety concerns because of the demonstration.

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Read the live file here.

Wild night in Vancouver amid relaxed COVID-19 restrictions leads to stabbing, arrest

A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after a stabbing Friday night in Vancouver’s Granville Entertainment District, as thousands of people packed the downtown core following relaxed COVID-19 restrictions.

Sgt. Steve Addison, a spokesman for the Vancouver police, said extra officers were patrolling the city Friday night after capacity limits were lifted at bars and restaurants.

“Large crowds began entering the downtown core in the early evening, with some lining up early at nightclubs, and hundreds wandering the entertainment areas. This led to multiple conflicts on the street,” said Addison in a statement Saturday.

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Shortly before 2 a.m., VPD officers intervened in a violent assault near Smithe and Granville streets, after a man in his 20s was stabbed. Officers provided first aid to stem the bleeding before the Vancouver man was taken by ambulance to hospital for emergency surgery.

He was in critical condition but is expected to survive, said Addison.

What to know about Canada’s updated travel restrictions

The travel landscape is slowly shifting as COVID-19 restrictions ease and the world opens up — though not entirely.

The Canadian government recently announced changes to what travellers can expect when coming and going, beginning later this month. Among those changes are the types of tests accepted upon arrival and whether you’ll still need to quarantine while awaiting test results.

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There’s still a lot to know before you go. Here are a few tips about travel starting next month.

—Joseph Ruttle

‘Freedom Convoy’ leader Pat King arrested live on social media

Pat King, one of the most vocal members of the “Freedom Convoy” movement, went on social media Friday to livestream his arrest.

“I am being arrested by this officer right now,” he told viewers to his live Facebook feed. “I am being arrested. We will talk to you guys soon.”

Around 12:30 p.m., as rows of police were in a tense faceoff with protesters and supporters near the intersection of Rideau and Sussex and police in vehicles and on horseback were moving in elsewhere, King was approached in his vehicle by a police officer who said: “You are under arrest, sir.”

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Interior Health to begin rescheduling surgeries after COVID 19 pause

British Columbia’s Interior Health authority says it’s taking a phased approach to resuming services that were paused last month, including rescheduling postponed surgeries and reopening in-patient services.

A statement from president Susan Brown says the impacts of the Omicron wave of COVID-19 on staffing in the region’s health-care system are beginning to subside.

Brown says staffing isn’t stable enough to safely restore all services next week, but it will reschedule procedures starting next Wednesday and aims to clear the backlog as quickly as possible.

Interior Health says in-patient services will reopen Feb. 23 in Clearwater, where one new registered nurse has been recruited, while nurse-provided primary care services will return to normal that day at the Barriere and District Health Centre.

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In-patient services are also set to reopen March 14 in Lillooet with two new nurses.

— The Canadian Press

DEATHS BY HEALTH AUTHORITY

WHAT’S HAPPENING ACROSS CANADA

LOCAL RESOURCES for COVID-19 information

Here are a number of information and landing pages for COVID-19 from various health and government agencies.

• B.C. COVID-19 Symptom Self-Assessment Tool

• Vancouver Coastal Health – Information on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

• HealthLink B.C. – Coronavirus (COVID-19) information page

• B.C. Centre for Disease Control – Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Government of Canada – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update

• World Health Organization – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak

–with files from The Canadian Press

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