The province91裸聊视频檚 top doctor credited high vaccination among the University of Victoria community for helping mitigate the effects of spiking COVID-19 cases associated with the school.

91裸聊视频淭he vaccination rates in our universities and colleges in B.C. are in the high 90s,91裸聊视频� Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a Friday briefing, where new COVID-19 measures were announced in response to the Omicron variant. 91裸聊视频淚n UVic, it was 97 (or) 98 per cent and that91裸聊视频檚 reflected in the fact that even though (COVID-19) spread very widely in the group of students in the social gatherings, they did not have anybody with severe disease.

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UVic moved all its remaining exams online as of Monday (Dec. 130. Also on that day, Island Health and the university said a cluster of COVID-19 cases associated with the school community had risen to 124, including at least four cases of the Omicron variant as of Monday. The uptick in cases was linked to off-campus social gatherings and a national rugby tournament in Kingston last month.

Island Health and UVic said earlier this week that COVID-19 transmission on-campus hasn91裸聊视频檛 been identified, something the province91裸聊视频檚 health officer echoed on Friday.

91裸聊视频淲e know that cases have been very low at post-secondary institutions and we have not had transmission in classroom settings, for example, or in lab settings,91裸聊视频� Henry said. 91裸聊视频淚t has been almost exclusively in those social events, off-campus mostly, where there91裸聊视频檚 not mask-wearing.91裸聊视频�

In general, she said, 91裸聊视频渨e91裸聊视频檝e had a very successful return to campus across the province.91裸聊视频�

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