The provincesa国际传媒檚 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.

sa国际传媒淭he vaccination rates in our universities and colleges in B.C. are in the high 90s,sa国际传媒� Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a Friday briefing, where new COVID-19 measures were announced in response to the Omicron variant. sa国际传媒淚n UVic, it was 97 (or) 98 per cent and thatsa国际传媒檚 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 hasnsa国际传媒檛 been identified, something the provincesa国际传媒檚 health officer echoed on Friday.

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