Interior Health

As vaccine rollout ramps up in B.C. don’t let your COVID-19 guard down just yet
Despite plans to have almost a quarter of B.C.’s population vaccinated by the end of…
Interior Health begins transition of Penticton’s Pathways Addiction treatment services
Interior Health says initial work is already underway to transition Penticton’s Pathways Addiction Centre clients…

Second COVID-19 outbreak at a Kelowna General Hospital unit
Another COVID-19 outbreak was declared today, March 6, at Kelowna General Hospital. As of Saturday…

Vernon rec centre to be transformed into COVID-19 vaccination clinic
The Vernon Recreation Centre auditorium is set to be transformed into a large-scale vaccination clinic.…

Interior Health says a particular group are driving COVID-19 infections locally
Working people are driving new COVID-19 infections in the B.C. Interior and the region's Medical…

COVID-19 death toll rises to 6 at Kamloops hospital; one dead in Kelowna General outbreak
Even though the COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops was declared over earlier…

No new COVID-19 cases at Kamloops hospital but surgeries still impacted
The COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has stabilized at 105 cases, the…

Interior Health declares outbreak at Merritt long-term care facility
Interior Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care facility in Merritt after…

Kamloops’s COVID-swab ‘champion’ nurse sharing tips on social media
A Kamloops nurse has gone viral on Tik Tok after posting a how-to for COVID-19…

City of Kamloops employee tests positive for COVID-19
An employee with the City of Kamloops is self isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.…

Surgeries resume at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as COVID-19 case count hits 105
Inpatient surgeries are starting slowly to ramp up to normal at Royal Inland Hospital in…

Another Oliver long-term care home resident dies in outbreak
The outbreak at a South Okanagan care home has claimed another life. Over the weekend,…

40 new COVID-19 cases; 1 death confirmed in Royal Inland Hospital outbreak
Interior Health has confirmed an additional 40 cases of COVID-19 and one death associated with…

COVID-19 vaccine roll out at care homes in Interior Health aimed at curbing deadly outbreaks
All residents and staff at long-term care homes in the Interior Health region will be…

Kamloops care home reports first COVID-19 death
Interior Health is reporting a death associated with the COVID-19 outbreak at Brocklehurst Gemstone care…