COVID update for Dec. 15-21: B.C. to release latest COVID numbers today | Canada's chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long-COVID

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COVID update for Dec. 15-21: B.C. to release latest COVID numbers today | Canada's chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long-COVID
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Here\u0027s your weekly update with everything you need to know on the COVID situation in B.C. and around the world.

The BC CDC will release its weekly look at the COVID-19 situation in B.C., with the latest hospitalization count, ICU numbers, deaths and new cases. The report is released around 1 p.m. every Thursday. Watch this space for updates.Article contentA study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were.

Widespread vaccination also prevented about 54,500 cases of long COVID among Canada’s workforce. That would have represented about $331 million in lost wages in 2021, it said. The recommendations presented by Mona Nemer came from a task force that was established in July to respond to post-COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID.Article content

For now, there is no consensus on the definition of the condition or how to diagnose and treat it. “This is where we need a lot of research to understand what was going on, and we also need perhaps to try and see if any of the existing treatments for other diseases can be repurposed,” she said.Article content

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