News Items tag as: Interior Health Authority 2021

Bigger cities in Interior Health hit hardest by rising COVID-19 cases
April 15, 2021 - 2:30 PM

The Interior Health region has recorded the highest number of new weekly COVID-19 cases this year at 676, up by 215 from the week before.
Interior Health is behind, inconsistent on posting COVID exposures in schools
April 15, 2021 - 11:00 AM

When COVID-19 gets into schools within the Interior Health region, parents get letters from the schools and, if their child may have had contact with the carrier, they will get a call from Interior Health telling them what, if any actions they should take.
Some regular vaccines being delayed while Interior Health focuses on COVID-19
April 13, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The push to get as many people in the Interior Health region vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible has come at the price of some regular school vaccinations.
70 cases of COVID variants of concern detected in Interior Health with more expected
April 01, 2021 - 2:57 PM

To date, there have been 70 cases of COVID variants of concern in the Interior Health region but, eventually, all cases are likely to be variants, according to Interior Health’s chief medical health officer Dr. Albert de Villiers.
Meet the RIH nurse heading 'Freedom Rallies' in Kamloops
March 30, 2021 - 7:00 AM

The organizer of the weekly ‘Freedom Rally’ at Riverside Park in Kamloops is also a nurse.
TNRD sets aside $5 million for Kamloops hospital parkade
March 29, 2021 - 1:45 PM

A new parkade is in the works for Royal Inland Hospital, but when construction will start and how many stalls it would have is yet to be determined.
Higher COVID-19 case numbers reported in Okanagan
March 18, 2021 - 11:00 AM

The latest data on new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region shows a shift in the number of cases from Kamloops to the Okanagan.
COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna long-term care home continues to grow
March 16, 2021 - 12:11 PM

The COVID-19 outbreak at a Kelowna long-term care home continues to grow.
Penticton's new primary care centre slated for March 31 opening
March 09, 2021 - 4:38 PM

Penticton's new urgent primary care centre will open by the end fo the month.
Second COVID-19 outbreak at a Kelowna General Hospital unit
March 06, 2021 - 1:31 PM

Another COVID-19 outbreak was declared today, March 6, at Kelowna General Hospital.

As of Saturday morning, one patient and one staff member on unit 5B have tested positive for COVID-19.
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South Okanagan cherry growers might find a brightside to early frost damage
This week’s sunny days have been followed by some cooler than normal nights, which has resulted in some blossom damage to South Okanagan cherry trees. However, the damage may turn out to be not such a bad thing after all, as the indus

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