Interior Health 2021

Revelstoke records more than 10% of COVID cases in Interior Health in week leading up to Christmas
In the past week, Revelstoke recorded more than 10% of the COVID cases in the…

COVID rapid test kits available in Interior Health
People with COVID symptoms may be able to pick up a rapid test kit at…

Interior Health puts out call for COVID immunizers
Qualified health-care providers are being called upon by the Interior Health Authority to help out…

Kamloops councillors want answers from Interior Health
Staffing issues and COVID-19 outbreaks persist at Royal Inland Hospital, and Kamloops city council is…

Interior Health COVID case numbers drop to lowest level in months
The 39 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Interior Health region over the last…

Enderby elementary school closed due to COVID outbreak
An Enderby elementary school has closed for the week following a COVID-19 outbreak. M.V. Beattie…

2 deaths linked to COVID outbreaks at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops
Two people have now died in the latest COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in…
Summerland health centre closing ‘temporarily’: Interior Health
The Summerland Health Centre Laboratory will be closed temporarily beginning on Nov. 16. Any patients…

Visitors limited at Royal Inland Hospital amid COVID-19 outbreaks
Interior Health is restricting visitors at Royal Inland Hospital as it tries to grapple with…

COVID-19 hammering B.C. Interior’s two biggest hospitals: health officials
The two largest hospitals in the Interior Health region are feeling the effects of the…

COVID-19 cases climb in Interior Health region
There were 115 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Interior Health region in the…

One-third of unvaccinated B.C. health workers in Interior Health as deadline arrives
Today is the deadline for health-care workers in B.C. to have at least one dose…

Big drop in COVID-19 exposures at schools in Interior Health
The number of schools in the Interior Health region with potential COVID-19 exposures has dropped…

Therapy dogs help alleviate stress at Vernon COVID vaccination clinic
Two dogs with a very important job are helping people get vaccinated in Vernon this…

Homeless people weren’t spared during Central Okanagan COVID outbreak this summer
When a COVID-19 outbreak was declared for the entire Central Okanagan in late July it…