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Royal Jubilee Hospital is getting a $7-million, eight-bed unit designed to handle COVID-19 cases, possibly by fall. The high acuity unit will provide a level of care between a general ward and an intensive care unit, which is the highest level.

The physical branches are closed, but public libraries across Vancouver Island are as popular as ever in the age of COVID-19 鈥� maybe more so.

It would be dumb, at this point, to jump out of the lifeboat and start swimming back to the Titanic. That is, we in sa国际传媒 have done an admirable job of following instructions, hunkering in our bunkers and avoiding each other like, well, the plague.

Donate online at RapidReliefFund.ca . More options below. It鈥檚 an image that sends chills: An elderly family member, living alone, suddenly falls and breaks a hip, lying on the floor for hours unable to call for help. It doesn鈥檛 have to be that way.

Canadian citizens returning home to sa国际传媒 will have to demonstrate they can self-isolate, or they鈥檒l be escorted somewhere to see that enforced, under a new approach announced Wednesday.

Raising the heart flag at Victoria City Hall. Plus, the heart flag on display in windows

Nanaimo social-service agencies and governments are going flat-out to arrange for extra services and beds as homeless numbers jump by more than 25 per cent.

Those returning to sa国际传媒 by air or land are required to present a self-isolation plan to officials when they arrive, or face being sent to a quarantine site, says Premier John Horgan. 鈥淭his self-isolation plan is not just a suggestion,鈥� Horgan said.

There are 45 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in sa国际传媒 and five additional deaths

Island Health has scrapped plans to use Royal Athletic Park as a temporary tenting site for people without homes as it ramps up efforts to move people indoors during the COVID-19 outbreak. The health authority said it鈥檚 working with Victoria and sa国际传媒