Mitigation Measures
This article says that UBC is delaying in-person classes until 7 Feb.
This press release from the province says that businesses can now apply for grants of $1K-10K if they had to close on 22 Dec 2021.
Vaccines
This article says that pregnant people can now get a booster at 8 weeks. You don’t even have to prove that you are pregnant, just self-identify.
Statistics
+2,554 cases, +7 deaths, +3,298 first doses, +2,051 second doses, +58,244 other doses.
Positivity rate of 18.5%.
Currently 534 in hospital / 102 in ICU, 36,049 active cases, 249,458 recovered.
| first doses | second doses | third doses | |
| of adults | 92.6% | 90.0% | 31.2% |
| of over-12s | 92.3% | 89.5% | 29.2% |
| of over-5s | 88.9% | 83.3% | * |
| of all BCers | 86.5% | 81.0% | 26.5% |
Charts
From this tweet:
