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B.C. has seen “uptick” in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations: Henry

Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry predicts respiratory illness to peak next week
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Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Wednesday B.C. has seen an “uptick” of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said B.C. has seen “uptick” in COVID-19 cases and hospitalization especially in the Lower Mainland and predicts that the influenza and respiratory syncytial virus season could “peak” next week.

She made these comments Wednesday (Jan. 10) while giving an update on the respiratory illness season. Health Minister Adrian Dix joined her in giving the update.

She said the respiratory illness season is unfolding in a way that was familiar before the COVID-19 pandemic with the end of the holidays, the return of children to school and people spending more time indoors.

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Wolf Depner

About the Author: Wolf Depner

I joined the national team with Black Press Media in 2023 from the Peninsula News Review, where I had reported on Vancouver Island's Saanich Peninsula since 2019.
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