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‘A massive sigh of relief’: Prince Rupert closer to post-COVID life after mass immunizations
COVID-19 hot spot in just over one month thanks to wide uptake on mass immunizations.While the province is not offering everyone priority access to the vaccine, experts say Prince Rupert’s success story is an example of how community buy-in can combat the virus. In mid-March, the city of 12,000 had some of the highest COVID-19 transmission rates in B.C., but officials are now looking towards the post-pandemic future.“It’s a massive sigh of relief,” Prince Rupert Coun. Blair Mirau told Global News.“If we had not been prioritized in this way, it’s difficult to project what may have happened.”The community lost 16 long-term care home residents during a COVID-19 outbreak at Acropolis Manor earlier this year.