B.C. joined others in announcing this week that COVID-19 mask mandates would end everywhere outside health care facilities, with most lifted by Friday morning
By the time students across British Columbia get back to their classrooms from spring break, they will no longer need to be wearing masks at school. On Thursday, the province joined others across the country ineverywhere outside health care facilities by the end of spring break, with most of the requirements ending just after midnight on Friday morning.
Precisely two years after the World Health Organization declared a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said he hoped Thursday was the last regular COVID-19 briefing he and Dr. Henry would have to give.Some people, such as the elderly and those who are immune-compromised, will need to continue to take precautions, Dr.
The letter, written Feb. 16, was intended to “strongly advise” the University of British Columbia to drop plans to deregister students who had not declared their vaccination status nor complied with mandatory testing. The letter also noted that mandatory rapid tests for unvaccinated students and staff and any employment sanctions are “not useful” for preventing COVID-19 transmission on campus.
However, even the authors of the paper itself appear to hedge the declaration in the title that some measures “cause more harm than good.”
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