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How is the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, spread? • Droplets spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes. • Close personal contact such as touching or shaking hands.

What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some cause illness in people and others cause illness in animals. Human coronaviruses are common.

I wrote in Saturday’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ about the impact that COVID-19 is having in our community — a harsh impact, one that affects all of us, even though there has only been one confirmed case of the virus on Vancouver Island.

Vancouver Island places of worship have suspended or altered weekend services and social events after health officials advised cancelling gatherings of more than 250 people. Provincial health officer Dr.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and federal governments are advising against travel abroad, and are encouraging Canadians who are out of the country to return as soon as possible. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries is reducing sailings between Victoria and Vancouver at the start of spring break because COVID-19 social-distancing measures have led to a decrease in traffic.

Jury selection has been cancelled everywhere in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ until the end of May as a result of the rapidly evolving situation with the COVID-19 virus, the Supreme Court announced Friday. In criminal cases, an accused can elect to be tried by judge alone.

The impact of the coronavirus, COVID-19, is unprecedented in my lifetime.

They say if you stay in the news business long enough, you’ll see everything. Perhaps that’s true. I’ve covered the arts in Victoria since 1988. That’s 32 years, a long time. But never have I seen anything affect the local scene like COVID-19.

Greater Victoria grocery stores were caught off guard this week by the volume of customers and their desire to stock up on essentials, and not-so-essentials, as fear over the COVID-19 outbreak spread.