B.C mask mandate

British Columbia is marking a major milestone in the return to pre-pandemic normalcy in the province, after years of COVID-19 restrictions.

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British Columbians will no longer be required to wear masks in public indoor spaces, starting Friday (March 11), the province has announced.

Instead, Henry said that the province will be taking a “measured” approach, to regulating vaccinations for health-care professionals, including industry-specific risk management plans and informed consent policies so patients will know the vaccine status of their health-care provider. Previously, the province said health-care professionals would need to be vaccinated by March 24, but that is no longer the case. The public health order on revised guidelines has not been released yet, but Henry said masks will no longer be required in K-12 settings.

B.C. is dropping its mask mandate and vaccine card program as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to drop to pre-Omicron levels in the province.

“These decisions are grounded in science and the data about what’s happening in our communities.” In addition to those public health orders being repealed, the province is also restoring full long-term care home visitation on March 18 and lifting capacity limits on faith gatherings. Regulated health professionals will now be required to report their vaccination status by March 31 instead of a mandate that they are vaccinated. Of the new cases, 77 were in Island Health, 48 were in Fraser Health, 36 were in Vancouver Coastal Health, 29 were in Northern Health and 84 were in Interior Health. Masks are recommended indoors at terminals & on board. Yesterday, B.C. health officials in a statement to the media Wednesday reported 274 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, including five in the Island Health region. “I want to assure you that I feel confident about what we are doing and that we are in a place to do this now,” she said. “While masks are no longer required or mandated under an order as of tomorrow, some people in some locations will and continue to use masks personally or in their business, and that’s OK. We need to support that, we need to recognize that we all have our own risks and our own vulnerabilities,” she said. The policy shift means people will not be required to wear a mask in indoor public spaces, a rule that has been in place since near the start of the pandemic in 2020. “We are now transitioning to using some of our available tools some of the time, because we are in a lower-risk place,” said Henry. It also means that students will no longer be required to wear masks in schools after the spring break. B.C. is dropping its mask mandate and vaccine card program as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to drop to pre-Omicron levels in the province.

The Government of British Columbia announced that the use of masks in all indoor public spaces will no longer be required as of 12:01 am on Friday March 11, ...

British Columbians will no longer be required to show their B.C. Vaccine Card proof of vaccination to access non-essential events and services. Similarly, employers will no longer be required by the previous Workplace Safety Order to require masks in indoor common areas of the workplace. Additionally, the province’s requirement to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination through the B.C. Vaccine Card will be lifted on April 8, 2022. Readers should consult a legal professional for specific advice in any particular situation. Note: This article is of a general nature only and is not exhaustive of all possible legal rights or remedies. This will include private and public schools operating from grades Kindergarten to 12.

British Columbia is scrapping its mask mandate for the second time starting Friday and will lift the Vaccine Card program and nearly all other protect...

And on April 8, the BC Vaccine Card program will end. The province will also no longer hold regular media briefings. Most people dying are elderly or do not have the protection of vaccination, Henry said. After April 8 data on cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccination will be reported weekly instead of daily. There will no longer be a pandemic limit on the number or frequency of visitors to residents in long-term care, and capacity limits on faith gatherings and the ban on overnight child and youth camps will both be lifted Friday. The first time the mask mandate was lifted on July 1, 2021, it was reinstated less than eight weeks later due to a rise in cases fuelled by loosened public health measures and the emergence of the Delta variant.