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Mar 16, 2021 2:41 AM -
BC is reporting 1,506 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days.
And provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 10 more people have died, bringing the death toll in BC to 1,407.
Dr. Henry used her COVID update today to urge people to get vaccinated as soon as possible with whatever vaccine they are offered.
She says concerns about blood clots that have led some countries to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine appear to be related to 37 cases.
She says blood clots can occur naturally and that's out of more than 17 million doses administered so far.
BC's initial shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine will go to workers in food processing plants, agricultural operations and large industrial camps.
