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British Columbia has recorded three more deaths related to COVID-19 for a total of 2,935 fatalities since the pandemic began.
It said people who are not fully vaccinated accounted for 28.7 per cent of hospitalizations between Feb. 24 and March 9. This comes as B.C. officially lifted its COVID-19 mask mandate on Friday and announced the vaccine passport will no longer be needed to access restaurants and venues as of April 8.On the first day that face masks were no longer required in B.C., one of Vancouver’s busiest pedestrian intersections, the corner of Broadway and Cambie, was still flooded with masks.Article content
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