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Posted On: March 9, 2026
VICTORIA - Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's provincial health officer, has issued the following statement about the end of respiratory-illness season:
"Based on the most recently released data from public-health partners at the provincial and federal level, including yesterdays respiratory-illness season update from the BC Centre for Disease Control, I am officially declaring an end to the 2025-26 respiratory-illness season in B.C. "This decision is informed by low and decreasing levels of respiratory illness seen in the most recent data for influenza, RSV and COVID-19 in B.C."