News and updates from our medical health office.
View Oral health in the Fraser Health region: Opportunities for action, a report authored by the Chief Medical Health Officer, April 2025
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March 04, 2020As the epidemiology of COVID-19 changes, the affected areas will change. As of March 4, 2020, affected areas are: China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Italy, Singapore, and South Korea.
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February 24, 2020Fraser Health has identified the first cases of COVID-19 in the region. The first case is a woman in her 30s residing in the Fraser Health region who travelled to Iran, and the second case – a male in his 40s - is a close contact of the first case.
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February 11, 2020We continue to work closely with our provincial and federal partners to respond to the evolving novel coronavirus situation.
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January 31, 2020We continue to work closely with the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada to respond to the evolving novel coronavirus situation.
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January 24, 2020Fraser Health and its partners continue to monitor the evolving coronavirus situation (named 2019-nCoV) which originated in the Wuhan area, Hubei province, in China.
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January 16, 2020A total of 43 lab-confirmed cases of atypical pneumonia due to a novel coronavirus called 2019-nCoV have been reported that originate from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. 2019-nCoV is a new coronavirus belonging to the same coronavirus family as SARS-CoV.