Residents no longer need to show proof of vaccination to eat at a restaurant, go to a sporting event and access other non-essential services. However, businesses are still allowed to ask for and check for vaccine cards, and District Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said earlier this week that many have expressed interest in doing so. “It simply came to our notice then. “We can go without a vaccine card and be just as safe before or after the vaccine card as before,” said Ian Tostenson, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association, to Jill Bennett of 980 CKNW this week, adding that it was a good time to the tourist season is going to go up. The story goes on under the ad 1:50 BC moves to a weekly “monitoring” approach to COVID-19 data reporting. switches to the weekly “monitoring” approach for COVID-19 data reporting Not everyone agrees with the abolition of the vaccine card requirement. Dr Lyne Filiatrault told the Canadian Press that the end of the vaccine card after the mask was lifted on March 11 sends the wrong message as Omicron’s highly contagious BA.2 subtype spreads rapidly. Trending Stories
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“We believe there will be another BA.2 wave and we do not think it will be any different from what other jurisdictions, such as Ontario and Quebec, see because we make the same mistakes,” said Filiatrault, who spoke to Protect Our Province BC, a team of health professionals, scientists and advocates calling for evidence-based policies.
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Meanwhile, BC health officials released their first update on Thursday as part of a new model that will see COVID-19 data published weekly instead of daily. The story goes on under the ad Updates will include data covering a period of one week until last Saturday. The COVID-19 BC Center for Disease Control panel will also be moved to weekly updates, which include an inventory of the number of people hospitalized and intensive care. The first weekly report on Thursday covers the period from March 27 to April 2, while the control panel is accurate from April 7. READ MORE: COVID-19: Five fewer cases in hospital as BC vaccine passport draws to a close According to the Ministry of Health, the new model reflects a “surveillance” approach, as used with other respiratory illnesses such as influenza, instead of the “case management” approach, and focuses on “detecting significant changes in COVID-19 trends.” time in different areas of the province “. – with archives from Simon Little and Janet Brown of Global News and the Canadian Press © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
