B.C. health officials not backing down on COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says two per cent of health-care workers in province remain unvaccinated

B.C. health authorities are backing their decision to mandate a vaccine for all health-care workers in the province, while allowing school districts to decide whether to mandate a vaccine for their staff.

But she says the same is not true in the health-care system so officials are reaching out to each worker who has chosen not to get vaccinated in the hopes of persuading them to get the shot.

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