Children in Interior Health five to 11 years old will be able to get their COVID-19 vaccine starting this week.

Interior Health is hosting drop-in immunization clinics in Beaverdell, Balfour and Fauquier next week for people 18 and older who are due for their COVID-19 booster dose and for children age five to 11 to get the COVID-19 pediatric vaccine.

Interior Health is planning whole community immunization clinics in rural and remote communities for people 18 and older who are due for their COVID-19 booster dose and for children age five to 11 to get the COVID-19 pediatric vaccine.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a severe weather notification in response to dangerous forecasted weather patterns for the coming week. 

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We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.

Name: Tanya Zeron (she/her)

Job Title: Rehabilitation Assistant

Years of Service: 10

Worksite: Vernon Jubilee Hospital

Community: Vernon

Ancestral Territory: Syilx Okanagan

Interior Health plans to resume emergency department services at the Nicola Valley Hospital beginning Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.

We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.

Name: (John) Derrick Leblanc (he/him)

Job Title: Housekeeping Supervisor

Years of Service: 8.5

Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital

Community: Kamloops

Ancestral Territory: Secwépemc Nation

The B.C. government has declared a provincial state of emergency to help manage transportation challenges and improve the movement of essential goods and supplies, and to support the province-wide response and recovery from the widespread damage caused by severe flooding and landslides in British Columbia. Read the B.C. Government Nov. 17 news release for more information. 

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Due to the flooding impacts in the Town of Princeton, Interior Health is evacuating care home residents from Ridgewood Lodge.