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High vaccination rate helped mitigate B.C. university COVID-19 spike: Dr. Henry

Case uptick hasn香蕉视频直播檛 translated into severe illness in University of Victoria community, Henry says
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Dr. Bonnie Henry credited high vaccination rate among the University of Victoria community for mitigating the effects of a spike in COVID-19 cases associated with the school. (Photo courtesy of UVic)

The province香蕉视频直播檚 top doctor credited high vaccination among the University of Victoria community for helping mitigate the effects of spiking COVID-19 cases associated with the school.

香蕉视频直播淭he vaccination rates in our universities and colleges in B.C. are in the high 90s,香蕉视频直播 Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a Friday briefing, where new COVID-19 measures were announced in response to the Omicron variant. 香蕉视频直播淚n UVic, it was 97 (or) 98 per cent and that香蕉视频直播檚 reflected in the fact that even though (COVID-19) spread very widely in the group of students in the social gatherings, they did not have anybody with severe disease.

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UVic moved all its remaining exams online as of Monday (Dec. 130. Also on that day, Island Health and the university said a cluster of COVID-19 cases associated with the school community had risen to 124, including at least four cases of the Omicron variant as of Monday. The uptick in cases was linked to off-campus social gatherings and a national rugby tournament in Kingston last month.

Island Health and UVic said earlier this week that COVID-19 transmission on-campus hasn香蕉视频直播檛 been identified, something the province香蕉视频直播檚 health officer echoed on Friday.

香蕉视频直播淲e know that cases have been very low at post-secondary institutions and we have not had transmission in classroom settings, for example, or in lab settings,香蕉视频直播 Henry said. 香蕉视频直播淚t has been almost exclusively in those social events, off-campus mostly, where there香蕉视频直播檚 not mask-wearing.香蕉视频直播

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