Canada: COVID outbreak in care home where most were already vaccinated

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A new outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at the Cottonwoods Care Centre in B.C'.s Interior Health region where staff and residents had already received vaccines.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has confirmed on its website that 82 per cent of residents had been vaccinated as of Feb. 15. The centre does not provide information about how many staff were immunized.

In a live news conference, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said being vaccinated doesn't mean transmission will be stopped and that precautions must remain in place for seniors and care homes.

"You can have transmission even when people are fully vaccinated", she said. "The illness seems to be milder and doesn't transmit as much [and we] won't see rapid explosive outbreaks".

Two staff members and 10 residents have tested positive at the Cottonwoods long-term care facility in Kelowna, which has 221 publicly funded beds.

"This serves to remind us that, while we are confident vaccine is very effective and prevents severe illness and death, it doesn't necessarily mean that all transmission will be stopped".

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Canada: COVID outbreak in care home where most were already vaccinated

"The vaccine is very effective, but not all transmissions will be stopped"