Coronavirus: BC health officials announce the province’s vaccine rollout plans | FULL

Thousands of front-line health-care workers in long-term care, intensive care, emergency rooms and COVID-19 hospitals will be the first to get the vaccine against the virus in B.C.

Health officials announced the province’s rollout plans on Wednesday, following federal approval of the Pfizer vaccine earlier that morning.

Residents of long-term care and assisted-living facilities will be next in line, either later this month or in January, but only once the vaccine can be safely moved.

So far, the Pfizer vaccine can only be stored at -70 C, so it can only be dispensed at the point of delivery. B.C. officials say they are not ready to move it into long-term care homes.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also reports 619 new cases of the coronavirus and 16 additional deaths on Wednesday, December 9.

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