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Ben Kuzma: Canucks, health officials need to find ‘middle ground’ to meet COVID-19 concerns

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The Province Hockey
Dec 22, 2020 2:20 AM
The B.C. Ministry of Health, which hasn’t signed off yet on the NHL’s Return To Play plan, is obviously concerned about teams flying in and out of Vancouver An infectious diseases expert, who doubles as an avid hockey fan, is a good combination to confront a COVID-19 protocol problem that could force the Vancouver Canucks to relocate next month for the start of the 2020-21 National Hockey League season. Dr. Brian Conway is president and medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre. He’s also a Canucks season-ticket subscriber, so putting his heart ahead of his head could pose a problem.

The B.C. Ministry of Health hasn’t signed off on the league’s Return To Play plan.

And in being told to only go out for essentials, is hockey essential?

They’re taking a step back from that and it’s something to be reviewed to see if it meets the needs of people.

From Friday to Saturday there were 652 cases, 486 from Saturday to Sunday and 529 from Sunday to Monday.