Image from European Union guidelines for healthcare workers on how to properly don and doff personal protective equipment for COVID-19 (Source:ecdc.europa.eu)
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From removing gloves properly to widening your social distance on the jogging trail, here are some simple fixes to more effectively limit infection
Tristin Hopper·Thursday, April 9, 2020·6 min
A lone man on a bench overlooks a now-empty harbour that in non-pandemic conditions typically ranks as one of the busiest waterways in Canada (James MacDonald for The Capital).
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COVID-19 has thrown a million Canadians out of work and counting. If you're among them, here's where to go for a hand up.
Sean Craig·Thursday, April 9, 2020·8 min
Kelly Burns, a member of a new all-volunteer Vancouver Island group coordinating the manufacture of critically needed medical supplies (Courtesy of Kelly Burns).
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Running their home 3D printers full-tilt, they're scrambling to fill donation requests from frontline health workers
Sean Craig·Tuesday, April 7, 2020·4 min
A homeless man on Government Street before the onset of COVID-19 shutdowns (Anne Catherine for The Capital).
🏠News
Victoria has leaned on a policy of impromptu tent cities, which critics say could still be powerful vectors for infectious disease transmission
Tori Marlan·Monday, April 6, 2020·9 min
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams demonstrates a face mask made in less than a minute from an old t-shirt and two rubber bands (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention)
🩺News
Manufactured masks are desperately needed by hospitals, so here's how to make your own
Tristin Hopper·Monday, April 6, 2020·6 min
🩺Politics
Not since the Second World War has so much of society been devoted to defeating a common enemy, so we thought it could use some posters
Dash Dixon·Saturday, April 4, 2020·3 min
Abandoned poles in the Haida Gwaii village of Ninstints, which was abandoned in the 1860s smallpox outbreak (British Columbia Archives, G-06209)
🩺News
Just like the smallpox that repeatedly tore through Coastal First Nations, COVID-19 is uniquely deadly because it came out of the blue
Meaghie Champion·Friday, April 3, 2020·7 min
The Vitamin Shop on Broad Street, one of several downtown businesses that have boarded up their windows to protect against a spike in break-ins (Photo by Sean Craig).
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For businesses already thrown into dire straits by COVID-19, a break-in could spell bankruptcy
Sean Craig·Friday, April 3, 2020·3 min
🩺News
Volunteer, give blood, sign up to check on seniors; this is The Capital’s guide to doing your bit
Sean Craig·Thursday, April 2, 2020·3 min
🩺News
More will die and many more will get sick, but here are the numbers to show that BC hospitals will be able to hold off the tide until the pandemic passes
Tristin Hopper & Harley Gordon·Wednesday, April 1, 2020·4 min
BC Ferries are now the only marine link to the mainland, but you'll be turned away if you're sick (BC Ferries).
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The grocery and drug stores are all open, and you can still get a cocktail and a donut
Capital Daily Staff·Tuesday, March 31, 2020·12 min
Paul and Jayne Beurling (Submitted).
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After a flight cancellation, Paul and Jayne Beurling were quoted $2,000 to shift their dropoff location from Vancouver to Victoria
Tori Marlan·Monday, March 30, 2020·4 min
🩺News
For only $20 a unit, two Victoria tech entrepreneurs have set upon an ingenious way to top up dwindling supplies of protective equipment for frontline health workers
Tristin Hopper·Monday, March 30, 2020·3 min
Not a person to be seen in this aerial image of Lower Yates captured on March 29, 2020.
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A drone from the Victoria-based SkyScope took to the air Sunday morning to capture the BC capital utterly emptied of people
Capital Daily Staff·Monday, March 30, 2020·4 min
Photo illustration by Dash Dixon
🩺News
COVID-19 has given Victoria a sudden understanding of the deadly disease that shaped BC more than any other
Ann Edelstein·Sunday, March 29, 2020·8 min
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Take in some opera, ride a roller coaster or inspect some historical artifacts
Capital Daily Staff·Saturday, March 28, 2020·4 min
Chief provincial health officer Bonnie Henry provides an update to media on March 27, 2020 (BC Ministry of Health).
🩺News
Although the data is preliminary, Friday was the first ray of hope that BC could avoid the fate of Italy
Tristin Hopper & Harley Gordon·Friday, March 27, 2020·2 min
Graphic by Dash Dixon for The Capital
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Whether public laundry is safe, should we sanitize our shoes, should we wipe down our groceries and more
Sean Craig·Friday, March 27, 2020·7 min
🩺News
So long as you’re making it yourself and taking other precautions, a face mask can absolutely slow the spread of COVID-19
Tristin Hopper·Friday, March 27, 2020·8 min
Addressing an auditorium left empty by social distancing requirements, provincial medical officer of health Bonnie Henry provides a COVID-19 update on March 25, 2020 (BC Ministry of Health).
🏠News
How BC and Vancouver Island's fight against coronavirus stands against the rest of the world
Tristin Hopper & Harley Gordon·Wednesday, March 25, 2020·4 min
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We are committed to making 0% unsecured loans to Victoria-based small businesses impacted by COVID-19
Capital Daily Staff·Wednesday, March 25, 2020·2 min
HMCS Regina photographed in October in its Second World War-era "dazzle" paint scheme, intended to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (Source: Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges)
🩺News
On Saturday, The Capital wrote about how navy screening procedures were insufficient to guard against COVID-19 on the ship
Tristin Hopper·Tuesday, March 24, 2020·3 min
A COVID-19 testing laboratory photographed on March 12 in Leeds, UK.
🩺Politics
As of Monday BC had 472 confirmed cases, but hundreds more may be carrying the virus
Tristin Hopper·Monday, March 23, 2020·4 min
Image used by Vancouver Island Brewing to promote its new home delivery service.
🩺News
It's still possible to get a cocktail, a book and a burger in the BC capital, but it's going to take a few more steps than usual
Capital Daily Staff·Monday, March 23, 2020·6 min
