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Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Stephen Brown, deputy minister of health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia:

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Today, we are announcing 82 new cases, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 9,220 cases in British Columbia.

“There are 1,261 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, 3,093 people who are under active public health monitoring as a result of identified exposure to known cases and 7,695 people who tested positive have recovered.

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Justin Trudeau anounce 10 billion dollar invest in Canada Infrastructure

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BC Health officer Dr Bonnie Henry updates the Covid-19 response

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The one that is needed to help fight COVID-19 on the global scale is an easy to use no lab based test. In, a media update the WHO announced such a test and plan to roll it out to underdeveloped or low-income countries. By making a test like this available to lower income countries who do not have the lab resources at the ready, more people globally can will be tested and treated for the virus. The test reacts with antigens and will produce results in minutes instead of days. For poorer countries this helps lower the cost to save lives. This new test is just one the tool developed through the ACT Accelerator.

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Today, WHO and our partners are publishing a detailed strategic plan and investment case for the urgent scale-up phase of the ACT Accelerator, building on the success of the start-up phase.
By the end of next year, the ACT Accelerator aims to deliver 2 billion doses of vaccine; 245 million courses of treatment; and 500 million diagnostic tests to low- and middle-income countries.
The number of countries joining the COVAX facility grows every day. As of today, 67 high-income countries have formally joined and another 34 are expected to sign, joining 92 lower-income countries who are eligible for financial support through Gavi.
The current financing gap for the ACT Accelerator stands at 35 billion dollars. Of the 35 billion dollars, 15 billion dollars is needed immediately to exploit the ACT-A progress to fund research and development, scale up manufacturing, secure procurement and strengthen delivery systems.

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Assisted living, long-term care homes and seniors’ rental buildings with ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks are as follows:
Vancouver Coastal Health
Banfield Pavilion long-term care facility
Point Grey Private Hospital long-term care facility
Yaletown House long-term care facility
Fraser Health
Cherington Place long-term care facility
Evergreen Hamlets long-term care facility
Kin Village assisted-living facility
Milieu Children and Family Services Society community-living facility
New Vista Care Home long-term care facility
Rideau Retirement Centre independent-living facility

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“There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Yaletown House in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. The outbreak at the Queens Park acute-care facility has been declared over. In total, 12 long-term care or assisted-living facilities and three acute-care facilities have active outbreaks.

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John Horgan announced the election. On October 24, 2020, British Columbia will go to the polls and elect and new Government. Is the timing good? There many issues and variable to be analyzed with an election from safety and is John Horgan and his party popular enough with the public to win.

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