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As COVID-19 cases surge across British Columbia, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said on Friday that the province will be fast-tracking booster shots for pregnant women and many essential workers. Pregnant women can get a booster shot six months after their second dose.

The head of the province’s vaccination roll-out, Dr. Penny Ballem, also said everyone aged 60 and over is now eligible to receive a booster shot six months after the second dose.

Henry announced B.C. is reducing the isolation period for COVID-19 positive vaccinated people to five days if symptoms are gone. People will be required to wear masks for five additional days after isolation. Unvaccinated people must isolate for 10 days.

Henry also said that with climbing case counts, visitors to long-term care homes will be restricted to essential visitors only, starting Jan. 1. Henry said she will re-evaluate this decision on Jan. 18.

The Omicron-driven fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to set records in B.C. on Thursday, with officials reporting 4,383 confirmed new cases and one death.

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