The strain on British Columbia's hospitals from COVID-19's Omicron variant is deepening, with health experts warning its impact will be felt for months. "The impact is clear on our health system," said Dr. Srinivas Murthy, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the measures announced Tuesday are designed to stabilize the health-care system while the province continues to battle COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. COVID-19 Modelling Group, an independent organization of health modelling experts, warned Wednesday that whether community transmission has peaked is not clear. 's health-care system is strained to "pretty much that limit," Murthy said.

Source: CBC News January 20, 2022 17:37 UTC