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COVID-19 update for Sept. 15: Here’s what you need to know

COVID-19 update for Sept. 15: Here’s what you need to know

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

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Here’s your update with everything you need to know on the COVID-19 situation in B.C. and around the world for Sept. 15, 2022.

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We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly every day this week, with developments added as they happen, so be sure to check back often.

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Here are the latest weekly B.C. figures given on Sept. 15 for the week of Sept. 4-10:

• Hospitalized cases: 314
• Intensive care: 23
• New cases: 574 over seven days ending Sept. 10
• Total number of confirmed cases: 383,628
• Total deaths over seven days ending Sept. 10: 16 (total 4,216)

Read the full report here | Next update: Sept. 22


Headlines at a glance

• The latest COVID-19 numbers from the BC CDC show the number of people admitted to hospital with the illness is declining.
• Dr. Bonnie Henry says the findings of a study she co-authored showing high COVID-19 rates among children and youth should not be interpreted to suggest those infections occurred mostly in schools.
• The director-general of the World Health Organization said the end of the pandemic “is in sight” but “we are not there yet.”
• B.C.’s top trial court judge has dismissed four legal challenges to the province’s COVID-19 health orders.
• A study co-authored by B.C.’s top doctor says 80 per cent of kids, youth have had COVID-19.
• New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the pandemic.
• A new study has found that the pandemic provided Canadians the opportunity to rethink their financial goals, with many moving, switching careers and planning to travel.
• An Ontario court has ruled college’s vaccine mandate is legal.
• Nunavut rolling out new COVID-19 vaccine to older residents
• New Zealand has scrapped mask wearing rules and vaccine mandate, bringing an end to some of the toughest COVID-19 pandemic rules in the world.

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B.C. reports 314 people in hospital, 16 deaths over seven days

The latest COVID-19 numbers from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control show the number of people admitted to hospital with the illness is declining.

The weekly report says 142 people were hospitalized during the week of Sept. 4 to 10, down from 180 admissions during the previous week.

The centre’s COVID-19 dashboard shows a total of 314 patients hospitalized with the illness on Thursday, with 23 in critical care.

The weekly report from the centre for disease control also shows decreasing deaths, with 16 last week, 36 the week before and 44 during the week of Aug. 21

In April, provincial authorities began reporting COVID-19 deaths by including anyone who died from any cause within 30 days of a positive test result for the disease.

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The centre says it will evaluate the cause of each person’s death retroactively to better understand “true COVID-19 mortality.”

Read the full story here.

— The Canadian Press

Some B.C. health care workers no longer need to be vaccinated, provincial health officer rules

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has dropped the requirement for private regulated health professionals to be vaccinated.

This includes dentists, opticians and naturopathic doctors.

“Given the high rates of vaccination in these professions, and the current state of the pandemic, the PHO has decided to not require private, regulated health professionals to be vaccinated at this time,” Henry said in a statement released on Thursday.

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This came as the World Health Organization declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight.

Read the full story here.

— David Carrigg

Don’t blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer

B.C.’s provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should not be interpreted to suggest those infections occurred mostly in schools.

Dr. Bonnie Henry has been criticized by some parents, advocacy groups and health-care professionals who say a major jump in infections occurred during the school year among children under age 10.

They say measures like masking for all students and air filtration upgrades in schools could have been taken earlier to protect children in classrooms from a virus that was known to spread through the air.

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However, Henry says some youth were becoming infected when they were not eligible for a vaccine, and illness among those under 19 was comparable with transmission of the virus in the community.

Read the full story here.

— The Canadian Press

End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’: WHO chief

The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.

“We are not there yet. But the end is in sight,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference.

That was the most upbeat assessment from the UN agency since it declared an international emergency in January 2020 and started describing COVID-19 as a pandemic three months later.

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The virus, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed nearly 6.5 million people and infected 606 million, roiling global economies and overwhelming healthcare systems.

Read the full story here.

— Reuters

B.C. Supreme Court chief judge dismisses four challenges to COVID-19 health orders

B.C.’s top trial court judge has dismissed four legal challenges to the province’s COVID-19 health orders.

In one of the cases presided over by Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson of the B.C. Supreme Court, the judge rejected a constitutional challenge to B.C.’s COVID health orders filed by a group called the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy.

The society argued requiring vaccinations for health-care workers was unconstitutional and also that the orders failed to provide reasonable exemptions and accommodations for people with religious objections, vaccination risks, immunity from prior injection and recent negative COVID testing.

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In ruling against the group, Hinkson found that Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, had assessed available scientific evidence to determine the COVID-19 risk for gatherings in B.C., including data regarding transmission of the virus globally, nationally and in B.C.

Read the full story here.

— Keith Fraser

Study co-authored by B.C.’s top doctor says 80{35112b74ca1a6bc4decb6697edde3f9edcc1b44915f2ccb9995df8df6b4364bc} of kids, youth have had COVID-19

A study co-authored by B.C.’s top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19.

The study, which lists Dr. Bonnie Henry among 13 authors, says that in contrast, 60 to 70 per cent of adults aged 20 to 59 and about 40 per cent of those aged 60 and over have been infected.

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The preprint study, which has not been peer-reviewed, was published online on Sept. 9 and says a series of surveillance reports of infections were understating the actual levels of infection by 92 times.

It says the overall rate of infection rose from below 15 per cent to about 60 per cent between October last year and this August, as the highly infectious Omicron variant took hold.

The study is based on 14,000 anonymized blood samples obtained since March 2020 from a network of outpatient laboratories.

—The Canadian Press

Canadians rethinking their financial goals post-pandemic: Poll

A new study has found that the pandemic provided Canadians the opportunity to rethink their financial goals, with many moving, switching careers and planning to travel.

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The study, conducted by Maru Public Opinion on behalf of CIBC in early August, found that 67 per cent of Canadians are re-evaluating their priorities as COVID-19 restrictions come to an end.

The poll asked about 1,500 randomly selected Canadian adults about their financial planning habits now and over the last two years.

Those surveyed reported having made significant life decisions during the pandemic, such as 17 per cent changing jobs and 12 per cent moving to a new home.

Looking ahead, more than one-third of Canadians say they are planning to travel within the next 12 months and 13 per cent say they are planning for a large purchase.

— The Canadian Press

WHO report: 17 million in EU may have suffered long COVID-19

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New research suggests at least 17 million people in the European Union may have experienced long COVID-19 symptoms during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, with women more likely than men to suffer from the condition, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

The research, conducted for the WHO/Europe, was unclear on whether the symptoms that linger, recur or first appear at least one month after a coronavirus infection were more common in vaccinated or unvaccinated people. At least 17 million people met the WHO’s criteria of long COVID-19 — with symptoms lasting at least three months in 2020 and 2021, the report said.

“Millions of people in our region, straddling Europe and Central Asia, are suffering debilitating symptoms many months after their initial COVID-19 infection,” said Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, during a conference in Tel Aviv.

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The modelling also suggests that women are twice as likely as men to experience long COVID-19, and the risk increases dramatically among severe infections needing hospitalization, the report said. One-in-three women and one-in-five men are likely to develop long COVID-19, according to the report.

— The Associated Press

College’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is legal and enforceable, Ontario court rules

In a precedent-setting decision, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has upheld Seneca College’s vaccine mandate for the current school year.

A motion for an injunction against the school’s vaccine policy was issued in January 2022 by two unvaccinated Seneca students. They were represented by lawyers from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).

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The students argued that the vaccine policy contradicts instructions issued by Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and that it violates a number of their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

This decision is especially important, said Howard Levitt, one of the lawyers representing Seneca College, as it shows, even now – two and a half years into the pandemic – that vaccine mandates are legal and institutions have a right to enforce them.

In the decision, Superior Court Judge William D. Black found that Seneca College did not contradict the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health’s vaccination guidance.

—Jessica Mundie, National Post

Nunavut rolling out new COVID-19 vaccine to older residents

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Nunavut says it is rolling out the newly approved bivalent COVID-19 vaccine.

The territory is now offering the booster shots to people 70 and older and all residents and staff in long-term care facilities.

It says it will expand eligibility for the vaccine as supply increases.

Residents must have received their primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine at least three months ago to be eligible for the shot.

Earlier this month, Health Canada approved Moderna’s Spikevax bivalent COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older.

—The Canadian Press

Ontario opens bivalent vaccine bookings for most vulnerable

Ontario is offering Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines to residents considered the most vulnerable, including people aged 70 and older, long-term care residents and health-care workers.

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The province says its booking system opened Monday morning for bivalent vaccines, and the first appointments can also begin starting today.

Indigenous people and their household members aged 18 and older, immunocompromised people aged 12 and older, pregnant people and health-care workers who are 18 and older are also eligible as of today.

Booster appointments will be paused for people outside those populations to accommodate distribution to the highest-priority groups.

But the province says people aged 18 and older can start booking bivalent booster appointments today for planning purposes.

The vaccine rollout comes after the province received its first shipment of the shots last week.

— The Canadian Press

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New Zealand ends most COVID restrictions as pandemic worry eases

New Zealand scrapped mask wearing rules and vaccine mandates on Monday, bringing an end to some of the toughest COVID-19 pandemic rules in the world about two years after they were put in place.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a weekly news conference that it was time to safely turn the page on the country’s COVID-19 management and live without the extraordinary measures it previously used.

“Finally, rather than feeling that COVID dictates what happens to us, our lives, and our futures, we take back control,” Ardern said.

For the first time in two years we can approach summer with the much needed certainty New Zealanders and business need, helping to drive greater economic activity critical to our economic recovery,” she added.

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All mask wearing requirements were removed, except in healthcare and aged care facilities. Only COVID-19 positive individuals will be required to isolate for seven days, while household contacts no longer need to, the government said in a statement.

—Reuters


What are B.C.’s current public health measures?

MASKS: Masks are not required in public indoor settings though individual businesses and event organizers can choose to require them.Masks are also encouraged but not required on board public transit and B.C. Ferries, though they are still required in federally regulated travel space.

GATHERINGS AND EVENTS: There are currently no restrictions on gatherings and events such as personal gatherings, weddings, funerals, worship services, exercise and fitness activities, and swimming pools.There are also no restrictions or capacity limits on restaurants, pubs, bars and nightclubs; and no restrictions on sport activities.

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CARE HOMES: There are no capacity restrictions on visitors to long-term care and seniors’ assisted living facilities, however, visitors must show proof of vaccination before visiting.

Exemptions are available for children under the age of 12, those with a medical exemption, and visitors attending for compassionate visits related to end-of-life. Visitors to seniors’ homes are also required to take a rapid antigen test before visiting the facility or be tested on arrival. Exemptions to testing are available for those attending for compassionate visits or end-of-life care.


How do I get vaccinated in B.C.?

Everyone who is living in B.C. and eligible for a vaccine can receive one by following these steps:

• Get registered online at gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated to book an appointment in your community.
• Or, if you prefer, you can get registered and then visit a drop-in clinic in your health authority.
• The system will alert you when it is time to go for your second dose.
• The same system will also alert you when it is time for your booster dose.

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Where can I get a COVID-19 test?

TESTING CENTRES: B.C.’s COVID-19 test collection centres are currently only testing those with symptoms who are hospitalized, pregnant, considered high risk or live/work with those who are high risk. You can find a testing centre using the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s testing centre map.

If you have mild symptoms, you do not need a test and should stay home until your fever is gone. Those without symptoms do not need a test.

TAKE-HOME RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS: Eligible British Columbians over the age of 18 with a personal health number can visit a pharmacy to receive a free take-home test kit containing five COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.


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Jane Fonda shares emotional health update after heartbreaking cancer diagnosis

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Jane Fonda has shared an psychological update on her health and fitness adhering to her most cancers prognosis.

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The Grace and Frankie star posted a assertion on her official blog site in which she said she has been “deeply moved” by the overwhelming assistance she has obtained since revealing she is battling B-cell Non-Hodgins Lymphoma.

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The 84-12 months-outdated – who will commence chemotherapy in 3 weeks’ time – admitted that even with her prognosis, she feels “more powerful than I have in several years”.

“I have been deeply moved and uplifted by all the expressions of appreciate and help considering the fact that I designed community the reality that I’ve been diagnosed with B-mobile Non-Hodgins Lymphoma,” Jane began. “My heartfelt thanks to all. The messages of like and guidance mean the entire world to me.”

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She additional. “I want to say once again that this is a extremely treatable cancer, and considerably progress has been designed with the medicines clients are offered.

“Considering the fact that past 7 days, so many people today have created to me or posted that they have experienced this kind of cancer and have been most cancers-free for numerous decades. Effectively, I will soon be 85 so I is not going to have to get worried about ‘many decades’. One will do just wonderful.

Jane has been retaining active

“Quite a few have asked how I am emotion. Very well these days, about a few months from my initial chemo session, I need to inform you that I sense much better than I have in a long time.”

Sharing the tips her health care provider has supplied her, Jane extra: “The health practitioner explained to me the best antidote to the tiredness that chemotherapy can cause is to shift. Walk. And I have been going for walks. Extremely early before the history warmth kicks in. Also doing work out.”

Jane is sensation more powerful than ever

The actress also shared a video of herself carrying out squats versus a large green ball although keeping a pair of dumbbells.

Jane reminded her enthusiasts that she has battled cancer ahead of, telling them: “This is not my very first encounter with cancer. I’ve had breast cancers and had a mastectomy and come via quite well and I will do so once more.”

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Jane Fonda’s health update: ‘This cancer will not deter me’

Jane Fonda’s health update: ‘This cancer will not deter me’

Less than a 7 days after revealing that she has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, famous actor and activist Jane Fonda is updating supporters on her wellbeing.

Producing on her blog site Tuesday, Fonda shared gratitude for the quite a few kind messages she received just after last week’s announcement and reiterated that she has “a quite treatable most cancers.”

Even though acknowledging that her condition is significant, Fonda managed a lighthearted attitude.

“Since last 7 days, so many persons have prepared to me or posted that they have had this sort of most cancers and have been cancer-cost-free for several many years,” the “Grace and Frankie” star wrote. “Well, I’ll soon be 85 so I will not have to fear about ‘many decades.’ A person will do just wonderful.”

3 months into her initial chemotherapy session, Fonda reported, “I come to feel much better than I have in several years.” She has also embraced her famously active life style to fight the tiredness she feels from her therapies, even putting up a movie of herself accomplishing squats.

The two-time Oscar winner reassured fans that she acknowledges her privileged entry to significant-top quality healthcare.

“As I said in my assertion last week, I am painfully conscious that the best-drawer remedy I get is not some thing absolutely everyone in this region can depend on and I think about that a travesty. It isn’t good, and I will continue to battle for good quality health and fitness treatment for all.”

Fonda, who in February 2020 kicked off a collection of regular protests in California to bring awareness to the climate crisis, also showcased her motivation to activism.

“This diagnosis has only manufactured me extra identified than ever to proceed to end the fatal effects of fossil fuels,” she wrote. “While most of us know that fossil fuels are the principal lead to of the weather crisis, a lot of might not know that fossil gas emissions also result in most cancers as effectively as other important health challenges like start problems, childhood leukemia, heart assaults, strokes, lung disease and preterm start.

“We should obtain a way to arrive jointly to put an conclusion to this fatal correlation…,” she additional. “We have it in our electricity to improve this and I intend to do every thing in my electrical power to do so. This most cancers will not deter me.”

In October 2021, Fonda joined Orange County politicians in Laguna Seaside to deal with the want to safeguard the ocean and claimed that a dedication to ending offshore oil drilling must be manufactured not just domestically but at the condition and federal level much too.

In her cancer announcement final week, the “Coming Home” star shared a information of unity and expansion.

“One matter [the diagnosis has] shown me already is the value of neighborhood. Of developing and deepening one’s neighborhood so that we are not on your own. And the most cancers, together with my age — just about 85 — definitely teaches the worth of adapting to new realities.”

Jane Fonda gives health update after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Jane Fonda gives health update after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Jane Fonda gave supporters a wellbeing update on her web site immediately after she unveiled she’d been identified with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The 84-yr-previous actress wrote that she has been “moved and uplifted” by all the messages she been given subsequent her announcement. Fonda also emphasized yet again that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a treatable most cancers.

“Because very last 7 days, so many people have created to me or posted that they have experienced this variety of cancer and have been cancer-cost-free for lots of a long time,” she mentioned. “Properly, I’ll shortly be 85, so I will not have to be concerned about ‘many decades.’ A single will do just fantastic.”

Fonda wrote about how she’s been emotion given that her initial chemotherapy treatment method, which she will proceed for the future 6 months.

Jane Fonda gave fans a health update on her blog after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Jane Fonda gave supporters a health update on her website following remaining diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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“Lots of have asked how I am feeling,” Fonda’s blog claimed. “Effectively today, about 3 weeks from my initial chemo session, I ought to explain to you that I sense stronger than I have in yrs. The health practitioner explained to me the best antidote to the tiredness that chemotherapy can trigger is to transfer. Wander. And I have been going for walks. Pretty early right before the report warmth kicks in. Also working out.

“This is not my very first come upon with cancer. I have had breast cancers and experienced a mastectomy and occur via pretty properly and I will do so yet again.”

Fonda originally discovered she’d been identified with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a prolonged Instagram submit.

“This is a really treatable cancer. 80{35112b74ca1a6bc4decb6697edde3f9edcc1b44915f2ccb9995df8df6b4364bc} of people today endure, so I really feel quite fortunate,” the “9 to Five” star wrote.

“I’m also fortunate due to the fact I have health and fitness insurance policy and entry to the finest medical practitioners and remedies. I know, and it is unpleasant, that I am privileged in this,” she extra. “Just about every single household in The united states has experienced to offer with most cancers at one time or yet another and far far too many never have entry to the high-quality well being treatment I am getting and this is not suitable.”

The 84-year-old actress emphasized the cancer is "treatable" in the blog post, something she shared in her original announcement.

The 84-calendar year-previous actress emphasized the most cancers is “treatable” in the blog site submit, some thing she shared in her original announcement.
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Fonda is known for her roles in massive Hollywood motion pictures and for her do the job as a weather activist. Fonda began her performing career in the 1960s with appearances in the Broadway engage in “There Was a Small Girl” and the movie “Tall Tale.”

Fonda has mentioned she became influenced by climate activism in 1968 though expecting with her initially child. At initially, she stayed on the fringes of social justice actions. By 1970, she was joining protests.

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She noted in her announcement she will never be permitting “any of this interfere” with her local climate activism.

“We’re living by the most consequential time in human history due to the fact what we do or really don’t do right now will determine what form of potential there will be and I will not make it possible for cancer to preserve me from accomplishing all I can, working with every single instrument in my toolbox and that really a great deal incorporates continuing to build this Fireplace Drill Fridays neighborhood and obtaining new techniques to use our collective energy to make adjust,” she wrote.

The "Nine to Five" star originally shared the news about her cancer diagnosis on Instagram.

The “Nine to 5” star initially shared the news about her most cancers analysis on Instagram.
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“The midterms are looming, and they are over and above consequential so you can rely on me to be correct there alongside one another with you as we improve our military of weather champions.”