Influenza continues to decline in British Columbia, following an earlier-than-usual peak in late November and early December 2022.

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has issued the following statement on actions being taken by the federal government to protect Canadians from COVID-19:

People accessing health care in the Lower Mainland, North Shore, Sunshine Coast and Sea-to-Sky will benefit from more stable, consistent and supportive patient care as 864 environmental services and food-service workers return to the public system as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) employees.

The Province is taking steps to build safer workplaces for health-care workers and patients by introducing a new security model across all health authorities, hiring more protection services employees and expanding funding to SWITCH BC, a new organization focused on addressing workplace safety.

People accessing health care in Vancouver will benefit from more consistent, dedicated and supportive patient care as 309 housekeeping workers return to the public system as Providence Health Care (PHC) employees.

People accessing health care in the Lower Mainland will benefit from more stable, consistent and supportive patient care as 133 housekeeping and food-service workers return to the public system as Fraser Health employees.

People accessing health care in the Lower Mainland will benefit from more stable, consistent and supportive patient care as 526 food-service workers return to the public system as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) employees.