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sa国际传媒 has flattened the curve of COVID-19 cases for about three weeks now, allowing health officials to plan on easing some restrictions as early as next month while warning that others will remain for up to 18 months, until a vaccine is discovered.

When these stay-at-home, stay-put, cut-your-own-hair days finally come to an end, as they will, do not expect everything to return to normal right away, or in a year, or ever.

We have much to learn from pandemic Re: 鈥淎 new way forward after pandemic,鈥� letter, April 14. We鈥檙e all in flux right now. COVID-19 marched right into our homes, forcing us to confront what it means to experience a global pandemic.

Vancouver Island鈥檚 fourth urgent and primary care centre is coming to Victoria, with renovations on the space expected to start this summer.

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Most local businesses are suffering these days, and many will close permanently as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown. These businesses are run by your friends and neighbours, and their loss would change Greater Victoria.

Service organizations that depend on donations of household items are asking the public to hold on just a little longer to all those items normally donated as part of spring cleaning or decluttering the house.

Hotel owners are worried about safety risks to their staff and potential damage to their properties if the sa国际传媒 government heeds a call by Victoria council to requisition hotel and motel rooms for people without homes during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Even the smallest charity fundraisers take several months to organize. CHEK-TV pulled one together in a matter of weeks 鈥� and a big, starry one at that. Rock for Relief: A Living Room Concert for Vancouver Island airs tonight at 8 on CHEK.

A move to have sa国际传媒 health care workers in seniors homes work at only a single facility will be mostly in place as early as next week, says sa国际传媒鈥檚 provincial health officer.