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Interior Health Authority 2020
Kelowna elementary school has COVID-19 exposure
Springvalley Elementary is the latest Kelowna school to report a person has tested positive for…
Overdose alert issued for Penticton and South Okanagan
Interior Health has issued an overdose alert today, Nov. 4, for Penticton and the South…
Interior Health opens new larger Vernon COVID-19 testing site
The Interior Health Authority has established a new, larger COVID-19 testing centre in Vernon. According…
Interior Health investigating COVID-19 exposure at Kelowna care home
Interior Health is investigating a COVID-19 exposure at a Kelowna care home but no outbreak…
Interior Health region records third COVID-19 death
A 70-year-old man died of COVID-19 in the Interior Health region within the past 24…
Six more COVID-19 cases in Kelowna school outbreak
There have been 18 new COVID-19 cases in the Interior Health region since yesterday, including…
Why self-isolation from COVID exposure isn’t so simple: IH explains
Renee Merrifield, Kelowna-Lake Country Liberal candidate in Saturday’s provincial election, said she didn’t have to self-isolate…
Online booking has begun for COVID-19 tests in Interior Health region
People across the Interior Health region have an online booking option for COVID-19 tests. Testing…
Two new COVID-19 cases recorded in Interior Health region
There have now been 559 residents living in the Interior Health region who have tested…
Urgent primary care centres in Kamloops, Okanagan come with local costs
West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom was thrilled when Health Minister Adrian Dix phoned into the…
‘This system is not working,’ Kamloops moms say after struggling to get COVID-19 tests for children
A growing number of Kamloops parents say they are frustrated after finding themselves unable to…
Interior Health is losing millions because of free parking rules
When COVID-19 hit B.C. hard in March, health minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer…
B.C. government unveils new cancer scanner in Kelowna
A new, state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner is being set up in the B.C. Cancer centre in…
Options for getting flu vaccines in the Interior Health region will change this fall
Due to COVID-19, Interior Health will not offer its drop-in flu vaccination clinics this fall…
Resource to track COVID-19 exposure in Interior Health
With the number of COVID-19 cases growing in B.C., health authorities have launched a resource…
Possible COVID-19 exposure at Kelowna clothing store
Interior Health says people may have been exposed to COVID-19 at a downtown Kelowna clothing…
Browns Socialhouse in Kelowna possible COVID-19 exposure site
Interior Health is asking anyone who visited Browns Socialhouse in Kelowna on July 13 or…
COVID-19 likely isn’t spreading through Kelowna businesses
Interior Health is not naming Kelowna businesses where staff or customers may have COVID-19 following…
Interior Health isn’t yet on board with expanding mental health teams with RCMP
The City of Kelowna’s call on Interior Health to expand a program that uses RCMP…
Pandemic financial relief having unexpected negative impact on Kamloops’ most vulnerable
A higher than normal number of overdoses in Kamloops is having an impact on city's…
Interior Health to resume elective surgeries May 19
Interior Health will start the process to reschedule the 3,000 elective surgeries that were postponed…
Interior Health expanding COVID-19 testing
Anyone with cold, flu or COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, can now be tested…
Lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in B.C. in a month
Only 14 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed yesterday, April 16, according to a report…
Long-term care homes in Interior Health region face staffing shortages under new COVID-19 order
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry’s order that workers in long-term care homes can only…