BC to Reactivate Its COVID Emergency Operations Centres to Prepare for More Illness

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix pauses while responding to questions during a news conference, in Vancouver, on Nov. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operation centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases.

Health Minister Adrian Dix said Friday they’ve been coping with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health-care system.