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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is scheduled to provide an update at 12:30 p.m. Thursday on easing pandemic restrictions.

Just 56% of five-to-11-year-olds in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ have two COVID-19 vaccine doses, and no children under five are vaccinated at all. Here's what the numbers tell us.

The province reported 254 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, including 69 in the Island Health region.

More than 1,600 signatures have been collected so far.

Patients of a North Vancouver GP were surprised to receive a letter informing them she hasn't been vaccinated against COVID-19 and could potentially lose her licence to practice medicine.

Prior to Monday, regulatory bodies like the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ College of Physicians and Surgeons had no ability to obtain vaccination status from their members

A total of 997 new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ since Friday, the ministry said, including 204 in Island Health.

Hospitalizations have plummeted in the past six weeks but deaths — which spiked alongside an explosion in COVID-19 case counts with the new Omicron variant — remain at their highest level since the second wave in the fall of 2020.

The move, announced by the province Friday, expands a program currently reserved for those over 70.

West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Karin Kirkpatrick questions Health Minister Adrian Dix on what criteria sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ will use to lift measures like COVID-19 vaccine passports.