COVID-19: Visitors to B.C. long-term care need to show proof of full vaccination

Visitors to long-term care and assisted living facilities in British Columbia will have to show their vaccine card as proof of full immunization against COVID-19 starting Oct. 12, provincial health officials said Tuesday.

Visitors to acute care facilities in the province will need to show they are fully vaccinated starting Oct. 26.

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“Those who are not fully vaccinated will not be able to visit in health-care settings as we go into this time of increased respiratory illness and challenges,” provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said at a Tuesday press conference.

Henry said there will be exceptions for palliative and end-of-life care.

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B.C. health officials announced in August that workers in long-term care and assisted living facilities must be vaccinated by Oct. 12. All B.C. health-care workers must be vaccinated by Oct. 26.

Earlier in the day, the province announced that all public service employees must be fully immunized by Nov. 22.

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