Province invests in 500 additional health-care professionals for COVID-19 contact tracing

VICTORIA—B.C. Premier John Horgan was accompanied by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister, Adrian Dix this afternoon to announce additional positions in health-care.

The Province is investing in 500 new temporary health-care worker positions to aid in contact tracing across B.C. as the pandemic continues.

“This allows us now to get more people trained up to do this really important work as we continue through the progression of our pandemic.” —Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C. Provincial Health Officer

Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry saying that contact tracing is something that has occurred since the start of the pandemic. Contact tracing involves health-care workers determining who else a COVID-19 test-positive case has been in contact with over the past two weeks and alerts them of their potential exposure to the virus.