Supporting the COVID-19 vaccination: A nurse practitioner’s story
Beth Berlin, a Northern Health Nurse Practitioner (NP), has been supporting the COVID-19 vaccine response in Burns Lake and the surrounding communities. Here, she answers some...
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Northeast residents share why they chose to get vaccinated
The past few weeks have been a busy and exciting time as more and more Northerners receive their COVID-19 vaccines. Learn why two long-term care residents in the Northeast chose to get vaccinated. ...
Protecting our seniors and Elders: Phase 2 COVID-19 immunization plan update
The Province of BC has released more information about Phase 2 of the COVID-19 immunization plan, which focuses on protecting our seniors and Elders. Beginning March 8, 2021, seniors aged 80 and older, and Indigenous peoples aged 65 and older, who are not living in independent or seniors’ supportive housing can call to book their appointment through the Northern Health call centre.
Fort St. John administers its first COVID-19 vaccines
Fort St. John Hospital has received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and held its first vaccination clinics for high risk health care workers today. A number of critical care staff ...
Terrace administers its first COVID-19 vaccines
Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace has received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and held its first vaccination clinics for high risk health care workers and long-term care residents. A number of staff who work in Acute care departments caring for COVID-19 patients were immunized on Saturday, as were 20 long-term care residents from Terraceview Lodge.
Northern Health administers first COVID-19 vaccines in Prince George
The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to a group of high-risk health care workers in Prince George today. The first person to receive the vaccine in the Northern Health region was Biserka Becker, a care aide at Jubilee Lodge in Prince George. Biserka was vaccinated along with a group of health care workers from University Hospital of Northern BC, and the nearby Jubilee Lodge long-term care facility.
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Prince George
The first shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George this morning. The Pfizer vaccine has been approved by Health Canada and is safe, effective, and will save lives. Vaccines do more than protect the people being immunized, they also protect everyone around them. All COVID-19 vaccines will be free to everyone in British Columbia.