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COVID-19 milestones in sa国际传媒

Looking back at major events in the pandemic, two years after authorities identified the province鈥檚 first case of coronavirus
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sa国际传媒 vaccination clinics have been busy since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in 2021.

• January 28, 2020 - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announces sa国际传媒's first COVID-19 infection – a man in his 40s who recently returned from Wuhan, China.

• March 4, 2020 - Henry announces sa国际传媒's first serious hospitalization – a woman in her 80s at Vancouver General Hospital.

• March 9, 2020 - Henry announces sa国际传媒, and sa国际传媒's first COVID-19 death – a man in his 80s at North Vancouver's Lynn Valley Care Centre.

• March 12, 2020 - sa国际传媒 puts in place an advisory against non-essential international travel; requires international visitors to quarantine for two weeks.

• March 15, 2020 - sa国际传媒 postpones non-urgent surgeries.

• March 17, 2020 - Henry orders businesses with liquor primary licenses, such as bars, pubs and nightclubs, to close immediately. Other businesses that are not able to meet the province's test for social distancing must close. Schools to remain closed after spring break.

• March 18, 2020 - sa国际传媒 declares a state of emergency.

• March 23, 2020 - sa国际传媒 and U.S. agree to close the two countries' land border.

• March 25, 2020 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduces the sa国际传媒 Emergency Response Benefit, which provides $2,000 per month for up to four months, for workers who lost their income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• March 30, 2020- Trudeau announces the sa国际传媒 Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program, which helps employers pay up to 75% of employees’ wages, if the business meets conditions, such as having revenue fall 30%, compared with the previous year.

• April 16, 2020 – Trudeau announces the sa国际传媒 Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program, which allows commercial property owners to apply for a forgivable loan to cover 50% of small business tenants' rent payments in April, May and June, provided owners reduced rent owed by tenants by at least 75%. Tenants would then pay up to 25% of their regular rent, and landlords would forgive at least 25% of what was owed.

• May 15, 2020 - sa国际传媒 hospitals resume non-urgent surgeries.

• November 7, 2020 – sa国际传媒 bans social gatherings with anyone except for members of a person's immediate household, or "one or two people" for those who live alone. Travel outside the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions is limited to essential trips.

• November 19, 2020 - sa国际传媒 requires people wear masks in indoor public spaces.

• December 15, 2020 – sa国际传媒 provides first vaccine doses.

• February 16, 2021 – sa国际传媒 first starts reporting data for variants of concern, such as the B.1.1.7 (later named Alpha), and B.1.351 (later named Beta).

• March 11, 2021 - sa国际传媒 allows small outdoor gatherings.

• March 29, 2021 - sa国际传媒 introduces so-called "circuit-breaker" restrictions that put limits on indoor dining, group fitness activities and faith services.

• July 1, 2021 - Restrictions on indoor and outdoor personal gatherings are lifted.

• July 19, 2021 - sa国际传媒 lifts limits on long-term care visitors.

• August 9, 2021 – sa国际传媒 reopens border to vaccinated Americans.

• August 23, 2021 – sa国际传媒 Premier John Horgan announces that the province will launch vaccine cards that will be necessary to show in order to enter restaurants, sporting events and other venues.

• September 7, 2021 – sa国际传媒 reopens border to visitors from countries other than the U.S.

• September 7, 2021 – sa国际传媒's vaccine card system takes effect, and limits entry to some public spaces to those who have had at least one dose of vaccine.

• October 24, 2021 – sa国际传媒's vaccine card system starts to restrict entry to a range of public spaces, allowing only those with two doses of vaccine.

• October 26, 2021 – sa国际传媒 announces plan to provide third, or booster doses, to everyone, starting with vulnerable people, and slowly expanding to include more groups.

• November 8, 2021 – U.S. reopens its land border to Canadians.

• November 16, 2021 – sa国际传媒 health officials find first case of the Delta variant.

• November 30, 2021 - sa国际传媒 health officials find first case of the Omicron variant.

• December 21, 2021 - sa国际传媒 bans indoor events, and orders gyms, bars and nightclubs to close.

• January 7, 2022 – sa国际传媒 requires businesses to bring back COVID-19 safety plans.

• January 25, 2022 – sa国际传媒 extends its vaccine card program until June 30.