Interior Health is closely monitoring the McKay Creek wildfire near Lillooet and related evacuation orders and alerts.

Interior Health (IH) continues to monitor the growth of the White Rock Lake fire and the evacuation alerts and orders throughout the North Okanagan.

Interior Health continues to manage the growing Central Okanagan COVID-19 outbreak initially declared on July 28.

As heat continues to build in the Interior, rising temperatures will increase the potential for heat-related illnesses.

Interior Health has begun to support the return of care home residents to Chase, now that evacuation alerts for that area associated with the White Rock Lake wildfire have been rescinded.

Interior Health advises anyone who visited the Tournament Capital Centre Swimming Pool in Kamloops on July 30, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. may have been exposed to COVID-19.

The public are encouraged to join a live, interactive telephone town hall to discuss B.C.’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the Interior Health Region.

Interior Health will host a drop-in immunization clinic at the Kelowna Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market on Saturday, August 7 for anyone who has not yet received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or anyone who received their first dose more than 28 days ago.

Interior Health will continue hosting a drop-in immunization clinic at the farmers markets in Penticton and Summerland through August for anyone who has not yet received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or anyone who received their first dose more than seven weeks (49 days) ago.