Updated: COVID-19 cases in B.C. hospitals remains fairly steady, with a drop of five cases to 329 on Tuesday. There are 37 people in intensive case due to the disease.
Japan plans to ease COVID 19-related border restrictions by lifting its entry ban for foreign nationals from 106 countries, including Canada, the United States, Britain and France on Friday, the government said.
Japan closed its borders to most foreign travellers from the early days of the pandemic in 2020 and only recently accepted a trickle of students and business people into the country. Many other developed countries have reopened to tourists.Article contentYou no longer need to show a B.C. vaccine card to watch a Vancouver Canucks in person.
The next Vancouver Canucks home game is Saturday against the San Jose Sharks. The Abbotsford Canucks will host San Diego on Friday night.Article contentHospitalized COVID-19 patients who are severely immunocompromised may benefit from treatment with a purified, highly-concentrated form of antibody-rich blood plasma from previously infected people known as hyperimmune globulin, according to a small trial.
ahead of peer review. The trial participants were organ transplant patients taking strong immunosuppressive drugs and others with diseases or medication regimens that impaired the function of immune cells called B cells.Article content
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