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Should B.C. shift its vaccination strategy to a younger demographic? Some say yes

As the number of new variant COVID-19 cases rise in B.C., along with concerns about younger people ending up in intensive care, some are calling for the province's vaccination strategy to switch from an aged-based model to one where younger people — particularly essential workers — are a priority. Professor Kelley Lee researches global infectious disease at Simon Fraser University and says as the virus adapts, we must as well.

B.C. needs to move beyond advisories, recommendations against travel: expert

B.C.’s health minister says no more restrictions on travel are coming, but one public health expert says the province needs to move beyond advisories and recommendations against non-essential trips as COVID-19 cases spike. “I just can’t be more clear on this. If you don’t need to travel, don’t travel right now. If you don’t need to travel, don’t travel,” Adrian Dix said Monday, repeating a plea health officials have made throughout the pandemic.

Battle Brews Over Neutral Zone Where Border-Crossing Parties Rendezvous, Risking Infection

In the shadows of covid travel restrictions, a 42-acre park on the far western edge of the U.S.-Canadian dividing line has become a popular opening in an otherwise closed border, a place where Americans and Canadians can gather without needing permission to go through an official border crossing.

The Wall Street Journal

Flush With Covid-19 Vaccines, Hong Kong Struggles to Find Takers

As countries around the world fight to secure Covid-19 vaccines, Hong Kong has an abundant supply available to all adults over 30 and offers a choice between Western and Chinese-made doses. Yet, many in Hong Kong aren’t in a rush to get immunized, and the city’s vaccination centers are running below capacity.

Texas Public Radio

More Essential Travelers Are Crossing The Border Than Migrants, As Frustration Grows Over Pandemic Restrictions

In normal times, Texas border cities bustle with movement, and people regularly cross for work, school, family or shopping. But since the coronavirus pandemic began, two big policies – adopted under the Trump administration and continued under President Joe Biden – have dramatically changed life along the border.

Alaska Public Media

Canada’s border is still closed to nonessential travel, even if you’ve been vaccinated

Your RV or campervan may be all tuned up and ready to drive the Alaska Highway, but Canada’s borders remain closed to all but essential travel. And don’t bother flashing your vaccination card.