Course list? Check. Textbooks? Check. Two doses of COVID-19 and a mask? We can help. This Fall, as post-secondary schools across our region begin to open for in-person learning, Fraser Health is ensuring COVID-19 vaccines are readily available at a number of post-secondary campuses, giving students and staff the opportunity to get fully vaccinated and protect themselves, their classmates and their loved ones from COVID-19.
Starting August 25, masks are required in all public indoor settings for all people born in 2009 or earlier (12+).
SURREY – Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak over at KinVillage in South Delta.
Data released as part of a Fraser Health review of COVID-19 in Surrey schools shows limited transmission of the virus in school environments, even when variants of concern are present. Vaccination and safety measures have helped keep schools safe for staff and students.
SURREY – Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak over at Evergreen Baptist Care Society in White Rock.
It is critically important for people living in the Fraser Health region to get tested as soon as you have COVID-19-like symptoms, even mild ones. Please don’t wait, and book or drop by one of our collection centres which are operated in partnership with local Divisions of Family Practice. People living in the Fraser Health region can find information about test collection centres by visiting Fraser Health’s website.
Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Heritage Village in Chilliwack. One resident and three staff members have tested positive for COVID-19.
Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak over at Holyrood Manor in Maple Ridge.
Public Health is taking an important step to address recent breakthrough COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities, making it mandatory for all health-care workers in care homes to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19 by Oct. 12, 2021.
More than two million COVID-19 doses have now been administered in the Fraser Health region, an important milestone in contributing to B.C.’s overall immunization rate. In our region over 80 per cent of all eligible people have been immunized with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and over 60 per cent of people have now received their second dose.
Today, Fraser Health is joining forces with TransLink and the Township of Langley to help increase vaccine coverage in our communities by deploying the Mobile Vaccine Bus, a specially-equipped transit bus that will stop in Aldergrove to provide people with COVID-19 vaccine.
Next week, Fraser Health will have COVID-19 immunization clinics available at two popular local beaches for people 12 years and older who still need to be immunized against COVID-19.
Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak over at Glenwood Care Centre in Agassiz. With the implementation of comprehensive strategies to prevent and respond to COVID-19 in care facilities, there are no longer any COVID-19 cases at this location.
The temporary measures put in place at some of Fraser Health’s COVID-19 immunization and testing clinics are now over. All clinics are open and have returned to regular hours of operation. Existing appointment times are proceeding as planned and all walk-ins for first dose are welcome.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia