Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

COVID-19 boosters rolling out slowly in New Westminster

Just 19% of adults in New West have received their third dose of vaccine

Jan 5, 2022 6:05 PM Read more >

Major Canadian drug store chain expects rapid tests to hit Metro Vancouver shelves in 2 to 3 weeks

You'll be able to buy the tests from your local pharmacy.

Jan 5, 2022 4:38 PM Read more >

Known active COVID-19 cases in B.C. near 30,000

Active infections in B.C. have hit record levels in each of the last six data updates.

Jan 5, 2022 3:56 PM Read more >

Burnaby mask company says B.C. isn't following science, offers to donate 200K N95 respirators to immunizers

Vitacore Industries Inc. extremely busy filling purchases of respirators as Omicron spreads

Jan 5, 2022 2:20 PM Read more >

I think I got Omicron — it got weird but at least I'm not in hospital

As the Omicron strain burns through the population, COVID-19 continues to lead to some strange and hard-to-explain symptoms.

Jan 5, 2022 1:07 PM Read more >

COVID-19 test positivity, case counts soar in New Westminster

The Omicron surge is being reflected in numbers around B.C., and New West is following the trend

Jan 5, 2022 12:24 PM Read more >

As many as 18M more COVID-19 rapid tests could arrive in B.C. in January

Feds promise 140 million more COVID-19 rapid tests for provinces in January

Jan 5, 2022 11:01 AM Read more >

New Westminster still among B.C.'s leaders for kids' COVID vaccines

As of Jan. 4, 48% of 5-11-year-olds in New West have received their first dose of Pfizer pediatric vaccine

Jan 5, 2022 8:34 AM Read more >

UBC professor comments on threat of 'IHU' COVID-19 variant with 46 mutations

The WHO addressed global concern about the variant in a briefing.

Jan 4, 2022 5:43 PM Read more >

Active B.C. COVID-19 cases soar to record 27,106

Active infections have jumped more than 30% in past four days

Jan 4, 2022 4:34 PM Read more >