B.C. health officials are making preparations for a possible fall surge in COVID-19 and influenza cases that could put added pressure on an already-burdened health-care system.
Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix spoke live Wednesday afternoon about fall respiratory viruses, particularly COVID-19 and influenza."I do believe we are emerging from this pandemic, but a lot of uncertainty remains," Henry said during the news conference. "COVID-19 is going to be with us for the long term, and we need to put that in the context of the other respiratory viruses that we are likely to see again come this fall.
The "big unknown," officials said, is the impact influenza will have. Projections based on a possible "high" flu season, could see a peak of up to 1,200 additional patients requiring hospitalizations over the coming months. As well, a task force is being established to improve hospital efficiency and, as a last resort, surgeries may need to be postponed again. Officials reiterated Wednesday the importance of getting a fall booster with the Omicron-targeting bivalent-vaccine. They said the boosters decrease the risk of having long COVID symptoms and reinfection of the disease.
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