By Canadian Press

B.C. health officer asks residents to change holiday plans if feeling unwell

Dec 24, 2021 | 12:10 PM

VICTORIA — British Columbia has hit its COVID-19 testing capacity as the provincial health officer asked residents to not get tested unless they have symptoms.

Dr. Bonnie Henry says the province administered 20,000 COVID-19 PCR tests on Thursday.

She says if someone develops symptoms then they need to adjust holiday plans and self-isolate.

As a result of hitting the testing capacity, Henry says health staff are prioritizing those most at risk and giving take-home antigen tests to younger people at less risk.

She says B.C. is in a “different pandemic” as a result of the Omicron variant.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 24, 2021.

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