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Ashcroft and area residents are advised that due to limited staffing availability, the emergency department (ED) at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre will be closed nights from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Aug. 13, 14 and 15.

Interior Health continues to manage the growing Central Okanagan COVID-19 outbreak initially declared on July 28.

As heat continues to build in the Interior, rising temperatures will increase the potential for heat-related illnesses.

Interior Health has begun to support the return of care home residents to Chase, now that evacuation alerts for that area associated with the White Rock Lake wildfire have been rescinded.

The public are encouraged to join a live, interactive telephone town hall to discuss B.C.’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the Interior Health Region.

Interior Health advises anyone who visited the Tournament Capital Centre Swimming Pool in Kamloops on July 30, 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. may have been exposed to COVID-19.

Interior Health will host a drop-in immunization clinic at the Kelowna Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market on Saturday, August 7 for anyone who has not yet received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or anyone who received their first dose more than 28 days ago.

Interior Health will continue hosting a drop-in immunization clinic at the farmers markets in Penticton and Summerland through August for anyone who has not yet received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or anyone who received their first dose more than seven weeks (49 days) ago.

Interior Health, Kelowna Yacht Club and the Downtown Business Association are continuing their partnership and extending the drop-in immunization clinic at the Kelowna Yacht Club through to Monday, August 9.