Essential workers press on during COVID-19 pandemic

The streets of Vancouver are increasingly empty as the city enters its third week of a vast shutdown of many businesses, but essential service workers are finding new ways to adapt in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Janitors, sanitation workers, truck drivers and even accountants are deemed essential to British Columbians, according to the province.They're "essential to preserving life, health, public safety and basic societal functioning," according to a statement from B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth.

Whether it is a pharmacist working long hours to provide medication to their patients or a letter carrier walking her route in anear empty downtown core, these workers are crucial to the basic needs of a city.