We cannot eliminate all risk': B.C. starting to manage COVID-19 more like common cold, officials say[u]
不列顛哥倫比亞省的高級醫生周五在解釋政府應對大流行病方法的重大轉變時說,不列顛哥倫比亞省開始像普通感冒一樣管理 COVID-19。
雖然在兩年的大部分時間裡,接觸者追蹤是省級 COVID-19 響應的基礎部分,但官員們在幾周前基本上放棄了該工具,認為面對 Omicron 的快速傳播和較短的潛伏期,它無效。
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大約在同一時間,他們開始不鼓勵對大多數人進行 PCR 檢測,為衛生保健工作者、老年人和其他風險較高的人保留有限的能力。
本周早些時候,政府還
更新了自我隔離指南,取消了許多成年人感染病毒後需要待在家裡的最短時間。
愛爾蘭也解放了明天
JUST IN - Ireland to lift almost all Covid restrictions from tomorrow, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced.
British Columbia is beginning to manage COVID-19 more like the common cold, the province's top doctor said Friday while explaining major shifts in the government's approach to the pandemic.
While contact-tracing was a foundational part of the provincial COVID-19 response for the better part of two years, officials largely abandoned that tool weeks ago, deeming it ineffective in the face of Omicron's rapid spread and shorter incubation period.
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[/align]They began discouraging PCR testing for most of the population around the same time, reserving limited capacity for health-care workers, seniors and others at higher risk.
Earlier this week, the government also
updated self-isolation guidelines, removing the minimum length of time many adults need to stay home after catching the virus.