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Physical distancing has halved spread of COVID-19 in B.C., official modelling suggests
B.C.'s 17 biggest hospitals have enough capacity to meet expected demand of severe outbreaks, officials say
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 27, 2020 9:29 AM PT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago
Health officials say physical distancing restrictions in B.C. are successfully beginning to slow the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province, perhaps by as much as half.
However, despite the rate of new cases having slowed "dramatically" over the past week, officials stressed that the province is not out of the woods and the health-care system still needs to be prepared for an inevitable surge in hospitalizations.
"I'm trying not to over-call it, but I do believe we've seen a flattening, a falling-off of that curve," provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Friday, referring to the growth of new COVID-19 patients in B.C.
"What we need, though, is for everybody to continue to pay attention to these [physical distancing] measures so we can continue to prevent transmissions in our communities ... for the coming weeks."...