Interior Health Authority 2020

Why you really don’t have to pay that private lot parking ticket
When a Kelowna nurse contacted us to explain that she got hundreds of dollars in…

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Williams Lake long-term care home
Another COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in an Interior Health long-term care home. A resident…
70 new COVID-19 cases in Interior Health region
Interior Health is reporting 70 new cases COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with…

Interior Health nurses are being buried in parking tickets during the pandemic
Interior Health is cracking down on staff taking over public parking spots and nurses say…

First COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Kamloops, Kelowna
The first COVID-19 vaccinations in the Interior Health region have been administered to long-term care…

Four more deaths due to COVID-19 at Oliver extended care home
An outbreak of COVID-19 at an Oliver long-term care home took four more lives over…
New COVID-19 testing centre opens in Penticton
A new community collection centre is being established in Penticton to facilitate COVID-19 testing capacity.…

Two more deaths reported at Oliver’s McKinney Place care home
The COVID-19 outbreak at a South Okanagan care home continued to intensify today with the…

Interior Health issues illicit drug alert in Penticton
A drug alert has been issued for the Penticton area by Interior Health. The alert…

Interior Health issues alert for contaminated drug supply in Kamloops
Interior Health is warning Kamloops illicit drug users about a toxic supply of heroin that…

Interior Health region COVID-19 cases approaching 3,000 mark
With 91 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, there have now been 2,998…

South Okanagan long-term care home resident dies of COVID-19
A woman in her 70s has died at a long-term care home in Oliver. An…

UPDATE: 60 COVID-19 cases now linked to Big White Ski Resort
Interior Health has identified 60 cases of COVID-19 related to Big White; mostly from transmission…

COVID-19 outbreak at South Okanagan care home continues to grow
A COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care home in the South Okanagan continues to grow.…

Interior Health region second in line for COVID-19 vaccine behind Lower Mainland
The first distribution sites in B.C. for the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are going to…