The B.C. government has ended a number of the COVID-19-related public health and public safety orders that have been in place over 2020-2021 as of midnight on June 30th, 2021. This article will provide an update about the orders that have ended and new directions from the B.C. government to businesses, employers, and the public.
Summary of Orders That Have Ended and Updated
- Masks
- COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plans
- Updates to Restrictions on gathering sizes
B.C. Government COVID-19 Information and Orders
BC Government Response to COVID-19 page
Source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/covid-19
Provincial Health Officer (PHO) Orders
BC Government Legal Orders
- COVID-19 information related to laws and regulations, courts, justice services, emergency orders, tribunals, boards, commissions and Attorney General reports to the speaker under the CRMA.
Source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/covid-19
Notice Declaring COVID-19 Public
Health Emergency – March 17, 2020
Declaration of Provincial State of Emergency – March 18, 2020
Source: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/mo/mo/m0073_2020
Protection Against Liability
(COVID-19) Order – April 2, 2020
Source: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/mo/mo/m0094_2020
Protection Against Liability (COVID-19) Order No. 2 – April 22,
2020 (Rescinded MO 094).
Source: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/mo/mo/m0120_2020
MO 275 – Cancellation of State of Emergency under EPA. – June 30, 2021
Source: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/mo/mo/m0275_2021
Mask Orders
Mask Order M425 – November 24, 2020
Source: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/mo/mo/m0425_2020
Report to Speaker re Mask Order M 425 - 576856-letter_oic_593 - Nov 26 2020
Source: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/covid-19-assets/576856-letter_oic_593.pdf
Mask Order 2- M012 – January 8, 2021 (Ended June 30, 2021)
Source: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/mo/mo/m0012_2021
Workplace Safety Orders and Updates
Workplace Safety Plans - May 14, 2020 (PDF, 188KB)
Workplace Safety – December 16, 2020 (PDF, 314KB) (Ended June 30, 2021)
Notice of Repeal of the Workplace Safety Plans Order – July 1, 2021 (PDF, 192.1KB)
Letter from Dr. Bonnie Henry: Provincial Health Officer Statement for Employers on Transitioning from COVID-19 Safety Plans to Communicable Disease Plans June 17, 2021.
Source: B.C. Government (June 17, 2021). https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/office-of-the-provincial-health-officer/covid-19/covid-19-pho-letter-communicable-disease-plans.pdf.
Moving from a COVID-19 Safety Plan to communicable disease plans means:
• The COVID-19 specific controls of the COVID-19 Safety Plan will no longer be required outside of instances of elevated risk.
• Employers must ensure that fundamental measures of communicable disease prevention are in place at their workplace, including appropriate handwashing and personal hygiene practices, appropriate ventilation, and staying home when sick.
WorkSafeBC Updates on Workplace Safety Planning for Employers & Workers
Step 3 of BC’s Restart: Communicable disease prevention: Step 3 of BC’s Restart
- In Step 3 of the Restart plan, employers are no longer required to maintain a COVID-19 Safety Plan, and can instead transition to communicable disease prevention.
- To learn more, see the statement issued by the provincial health officer on June 17 to employers on transitioning from COVID-19 Safety Plans to communicable disease prevention.
- Communicable disease prevention: A guide for employers describes a four-step process to help employers reduce the risk of communicable disease in their workplace. We've revised the guide to include a template that may be useful for employers in documenting and communicating their communicable disease prevention measures, practices, and policies.
Source: B.C.'s response to COVID-19 - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca).
Joint statement on B.C.’s COVID-19 response, latest updates, Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry (June 30, 2021).
Source: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0045-001284.
BC COVID-19 Epidemiological Statistics, July 9, 2021
■ Total # of COVID-19 Cases in BC: 147,919
■ Currently .01% of the BC population (653 people) are "Active cases" of COVID-19 in a province with over 5 million people.
■ 145,491 people who tested positive have Recovered.
■ 1,760 COVID-19 related Deaths.
Source: BC Centre for Disease Control. (July 9, 2021). B.C. COVID-19 Data. Retrieved from: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/data.
COVID-19 Vaccines
■ Total Doses Administered: 5,497,150
Videos
Third step in BC's plan to safely restart the province June 29, 2021.
ProvinceofBC. (June 29, 2021). Youtube. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG21x3AtFaQ.
- Premier John Horgan; Dr. Bonnie Henry; Adrian Dix; and Ravi Kahlon.
- Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's provincial health officer, for an update on COVID-19.
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