COVID-19

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital
May 16, 2022 - 1:58 PM

Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital.
Interior Health leading the way in B.C. with latest COVID variant
May 10, 2022 - 2:17 PM

As if Omicron and Omicron BA2 were not making far too many people sick with COVID-19, one of the newest and more contagious subvariants, BA2.12 has shown up in B.C. with the Interior Health region one of its primary targets.
8 COVID-19 outbreaks remain at care homes, hospital across Interior
April 30, 2022 - 10:50 AM

Interior Health is listing seven long-term care homes and one hospital in the region that still have COVID-19 outbreaks.
34 COVID deaths in Interior Health over past three weeks
April 28, 2022 - 6:00 PM

While COVID doesn’t get the headlines these days that it once did, it’s still with us and is still deadly.
Kelowna sees big jump in weddings as industry recovers from COVID restrictions
April 28, 2022 - 6:30 AM

The B.C. wedding industry is bouncing back since COVID-19 health restrictions halted events in 2020.
Majority of Canadians want public inquiry into government's pandemic response
April 22, 2022 - 7:00 PM

The majority of Canadians would like to see a public inquiry into the way various levels of government handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
No staff infected in COVID outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital
April 19, 2022 - 6:00 PM

Twenty-one patients on the Kelowna General Hospital rehabilitation ward have been infected with COVID-19 but so far no staff members.
RISK OF INFECTION: How long is too long when it comes to new COVID subvariant exposure?
April 19, 2022 - 6:30 AM

Back in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities said a person needed to be in close contact with an infected person for 15 minutes to be at a serious risk of contracting the disease.
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna hospital
April 17, 2022 - 9:59 AM

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Kelowna General Hospital.
Hundreds suffering from long-COVID in Interior Health may get clinic closer to home
April 14, 2022 - 7:00 AM

With hundreds of residents in the Interior Health region suffering lingering COVID symptoms months after they contracted the disease, there may come a time when there will be a long-COVID clinic closer than the Lower Mainland.
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COVID-19

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna General Hospital

Interior Health leading the way in B.C. with latest COVID variant

8 COVID-19 outbreaks remain at care homes, hospital across Interior

34 COVID deaths in Interior Health over past three weeks

Kelowna sees big jump in weddings as industry recovers from COVID restrictions

Majority of Canadians want public inquiry into government's pandemic response

No staff infected in COVID outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital

RISK OF INFECTION: How long is too long when it comes to new COVID subvariant exposure?

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Kelowna hospital

Hundreds suffering from long-COVID in Interior Health may get clinic closer to home

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