Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Three natural compounds collected off the B.C. and Newfoundland coasts have been found to have COVID-19-blocking powers in a discovery that could protect against future pandemics.

The province has been pushing vaccination in response to a surge in respiratory illness among B.C.'s kids — but, so far, only a minority have taken up the call.

Since the pandemic began, an average of one child a day has been hospitalized with COVID, and one a week admitted to critical care.

Today's count may be skewed by counting glitches over the holidays

The new subvariant spreads "more easily."

A Vancouver expert weighs in on the subvariant that is ripping across the United States.

After hearing complaints, Island Health now says COVID vaccination will be offered once a month to patients at Gorge Road Hospital.

Past years’ hopes that COVID would become just another respiratory virus have been scuttled by the emergence of new variants and subvariants.

From the dark January days of the Omicron wave to a pediatric health-care crisis in the fall — and an easing of public health measures in between — COVID-19 has proven to be a sustained disruptive force in B.C.

Since Oct. 1, the federal government lifted the mask mandate on airplanes.