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B.C. is more than a month behind Alberta and Ontario in offering booster shots to fully vaccinated residents of care homes
Oct 16, 2021 • 3 days ago
Gordon Hoekstra
The B.C. government has reported 10 deaths so far at the 95-bed Willingdon Care Centre, but a letter purportedly sent to family and friends and posted on social media this week said there had been 12 deaths. The letter stated as many as 82 residents and 30 staff had tested positive for COVID-19. Fraser Health’s official numbers as of Friday were 78 cases among residents and 22 cases among staff.
... “If the residents there had had their … booster when Alberta and Ontario were giving out their boosters, it’s highly probable this would not have happened,” Lake said Friday. “We’re heartsick because we’ve been asking the Ministry of Health authorities since the first of September about … boosters.”
The B.C. government took until the end of September to announce a third COVID-19 shot for vulnerable populations ...
But several provinces approved booster shots for residents in long-term care homes far earlier, including Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Other jurisdictions, including in the U.S., had done the same.
Oct 16, 2021 • 3 days ago
Gordon Hoekstra
The B.C. government has reported 10 deaths so far at the 95-bed Willingdon Care Centre, but a letter purportedly sent to family and friends and posted on social media this week said there had been 12 deaths. The letter stated as many as 82 residents and 30 staff had tested positive for COVID-19. Fraser Health’s official numbers as of Friday were 78 cases among residents and 22 cases among staff.
... “If the residents there had had their … booster when Alberta and Ontario were giving out their boosters, it’s highly probable this would not have happened,” Lake said Friday. “We’re heartsick because we’ve been asking the Ministry of Health authorities since the first of September about … boosters.”
The B.C. government took until the end of September to announce a third COVID-19 shot for vulnerable populations ...
But several provinces approved booster shots for residents in long-term care homes far earlier, including Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Other jurisdictions, including in the U.S., had done the same.
