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COVID-19: Vancouver Convention Centre hospital, never used during
pandemic, being dismantled
Vancouver Coastal Health says it has approval from the Health Ministry
to close the 271-bed site
Author of the article:The Canadian Press
Publishing date:Jul 13, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 1 minute read • 9
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Vancouver Coastal Health alternative care site at the Vancouver
Convention Centre. The 271-bed site was mobilized in case of a COVID-19
surge but was never needed.
Vancouver Coastal Health alternative care site at the Vancouver
Convention Centre. The 271-bed site was mobilized in case of a COVID-19
surge but was never needed. PHOTO BY VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH
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The makeshift hospital at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which was
repurposed with COVID-19 overflow beds, is being shut down without ever
taking patients.
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Vancouver Coastal Health says it has approval from the Health Ministry
to close the 271-bed site, one of several alternative care sites
established as the threat of COVID-19 loomed last year.
COVID-19: Regular briefings, formal statements ending, health minister
says | Vancouver Sun
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Health Minister Adrian Dix says in a statement it’s fortunate the site
didn’t have to be activated and it’s great to see the centre poised to
return to its original, vibrant purpose.
Vancouver Coastal Health says the process to close the makeshift
hospital should be complete by Friday, although there are plans for its
remobilization if needed.
The announcement comes as COVID-19 hospitalizations trend downward in
B.C., with 66 patients currently being treated including 14 in intensive
care.
There were 33 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday, for a total of
145,775 since the pandemic began. There were no new COVID-19 deaths
reported Tuesday, making it B.C.’s fifth straight day without a
pandemic-related fatality.
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The Ministry of Health says 3.47 million adults have received their
first shot of vaccine, while 2.124 million, or 49.1 per cent of B.C’s
adult population, are now fully vaccinated. The first-dose vaccination
rate for B.C.’s eligible population, those aged 12 years and over, has
reached 79.1 per cent, while the second dose rate is 46 per cent.
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