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Lower Mainland Health Authorities supporting Armstrong care home residents impacted by wildfire evacuation alerts

Vancouver, B.C. — As a result of a wildfire threat and an evacuation alert in the Vernon area, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Providence Health Care (PHC) are working in cooperation with Interior Health to temporarily receive and care for residents of the Pleasant Valley Manor long-term care home in Armstrong, B.C.

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Vancouver Coastal Health’s canine scent detection team now detecting COVID-19

VANCOUVER- For more than five years, Vancouver Coastal Health's (VCH) canine scent detection team – Canines for Care – has been sniffing out Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) in healthcare settings both in British Columbia and across the country, reducing infection rates and improving patient quality of care. Now the team has added COVID-19 to their scent detection roster.

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Extreme Heat Alert

LOWER MAINLAND, B.C. – Medical Health Officers from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Fraser Health (FH) are advising the public that as heat continues to build across the Lower Mainland, Environment Canada's Heat Warning has now been escalated to an Extreme Heat Alert.

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Public Health officials urge Lower Mainland residents to take precautions during anticipated high temperatures

LOWER MAINLAND, B.C. – A Heat Warning was issued on August 10 by Environment Canada which advised of increasing temperatures from Thursday Aug. 12 through to Sunday Aug. 15. Medical Health Officers for both Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Fraser Health (FH) are again urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves and those who are vulnerable from the health risks associated with sustained high temperatures.

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Vancouver Coastal Health transitioning COVID-19 clinic operations

Vancouver, B.C. — As more residents receive their first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has started recording a significant reduction in the number of people attending immunization clinics. To best support the next phase of the vaccine campaign, VCH is transitioning clinic operations through the month of August to ensure resources continue to be allocated most effectively.

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Take steps to minimize exposure to smoky air this weekend

Lower Mainland, B.C. — As well as the heat warning issued this week by Environment Canada, Metro Vancouver is monitoring conditions associated with wildfire smoke from fires burning in the interior of B.C. and Washington. Wildfire smoke models are forecasting that smoke from these fires may reach parts of Metro Vancouver on Saturday and continuing in to Sunday. A change in the weather on Monday is forecast to bring onshore winds to help clear the smoke. Smoke concentrations may vary widely across the region as winds and temperatures change, and as wildfire behaviour changes. Medical Health Officers from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) urge the public to plan in advance to minimize their exposure to smoky air.

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