COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been lifted for health care workers. Learn about a new reporting requirement that helps health care workers in health-authority operated services keep their immune status up to date and continues to keep people safe.

Orders and notices

You must follow PHO orders.

Orders

Reconsideration Decision - Availability of Section 43 Requests (PDF, 354.3KB)
PHO COVID-19 emergency order rescinded - July 25, 2024 (PDF, 340.5KB)
Registered Nurse and Registered Psychiatric Nurse Public Health Pharmacotherapy – September 16, 2020 (PDF, 227KB)

Guidance

Guidance for Courthouse Users During the COVID-19 and Other Communicable Disease Incidents – December 15, 2023 (PDF, 382KB)
- Courthouse Public Health Incident and Communication Response Protocol – December 15, 2023 (PDF, 360KB)
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the best source for comprehensive COVID-19 information and guidance.
- Information for health-care professionals
- Current COVID-19 data and modelling
If you are an employer and need guidance on safe operations, WorkSafeBC is the best source of information.

Archived orders
- Face Coverings (COVID-19) – December 3, 2021 (PDF, 440KB)
- Face Coverings (COVID-19) – October 29, 2021 (PDF, 419KB)
- Face Coverings (COVID-19) – September 28, 2021 (PDF, 308KB)
- Face Coverings (COVID-19) – September 2, 2021 (PDF, 308KB)
- Hospital and Community (Health Care and Other Services) Covid-19 Vaccination Status Information and Preventive Measures – October 5, 2023 (PDF, 545 KB)
  - Explanation of Changes
  - Guidelines for Request for Reconsideration (Exemption) Process – October 8, 2021 (PDF, 420KB)
  - Medical Deferral Form – March 23, 2022 (PDF, 693KB)
  - Medical Reporting Form: COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Deferral – September 13, 2022 (PDF, 636KB)
  - Explanation of Changes
  - Guidelines for Request for Reconsideration (Exemption) Process – October 8, 2021 (PDF, 420KB)
  - Medical Deferral Form – March 23, 2022 (PDF, 693KB)
  - Medical Reporting Form: COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Deferral – September 13, 2022 (PDF, 636KB)
  - Schedule 1 Information of Staff – December 16, 2022 (PDF, 104KB)
  - Read related Ministry of Health guidance
  Prevention regional measures
  - Prevention Regional Measures – November 13, 2020 (PDF, 359KB)
  - Prevention Regional Measures – November 11, 2020 (PDF, 360KB)
  - Prevention Regional Measures – November 10, 2020 (PDF, 360KB)
  Gatherings and events
  - Gatherings and Events – March 10, 2022 (PDF, 499KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – February 16, 2022 (PDF, 522KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – January 27, 2022 (PDF, 571KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – January 17, 2022 (PDF, 548KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – December 22, 2021 (PDF, 548KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – December 3, 2021 (PDF, 480KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – November 16, 2021 (PDF, 483KB)
  - Variance of Gatherings and Events & Food And Liquor Serving Premises Orders to Suspend Reconsideration re Proof of Vaccination – November 12, 2021 (PDF, 307KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – October 25, 2021 (PDF, 422KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – September 10, 2021 (PDF, 417KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – July 7, 2021 (PDF, 305KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – June 30, 2021 (PDF, 244KB)
  - Gatherings and Events – June 22, 2021 (PDF, 448KB)
    - Indoor Exercise Requirements – June 15, 2021 (PDF, 409KB)
    - Variance: Inside Worship Services – June 15, 2021 (PDF, 224KB)
    - Variance: Outside Worship Services – June 15, 2021 (PDF, 259KB)
    - Extension of the Variance Suspension: Indoor Worship Services on Four Days – April 19, 2021 (PDF, 208KB)
    - Emergency Medical Assistants Influenza Immunization – November 4, 2022 (PDF, 308KB)
    - Regulated and Unregulated Health Professionals SARS-COV-2 Influenza Immunization – November 4, 2022 (PDF, 413KB)
    - Regulated and Unregulated Health Professionals SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – January 9, 2022 (PDF, 467KB)
    - Emergency Medical Assistants SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – January 9, 2022 (PDF, 295KB)
    - Regulated and Unregulated Health Professionals SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – March 24, 2021 (PDF, 458KB)
    - Emergency Medical Assistants SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – March 18, 2021 (PDF, 289KB)
    - Regulated and Unregulated Health Professionals SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – March 14, 2021 (PDF, 448KB)
    - Emergency Medical Assistants SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – March 14, 2021 (PDF, 291KB)
    - Regulated and Unregulated Health Professionals SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – February 23, 2021 (PDF, 401KB)
    - Emergency Medical Assistants SARS-CoV-2 Immunization Order – February 23, 2021 (PDF, 295KB)
    Food and liquor serving premises
    - Food and Liquor Serving Premises – March 10, 2022 (PDF, 490KB)
      - Medical Deferral Form – March 23, 2022 (PDF, 693KB)
      - Medical Reporting Form: COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Deferral –September 13, 2022 (PDF, 636KB)
      - Vending Merchandise at Markets – May 28, 2020 (PDF, 233KB)
      - Vending Markets – April 16, 2020 (PDF, 239KB)
      Overnight camps for children or youth
      - Overnight Camps for Children or Youth – June 7, 2021 (PDF, 310KB)
      - Overnight Camps for Children and Youth – May 29, 2020 (PDF, 245KB)
      - Industrial Camps – July 7, 2021 (PDF, 388KB)
        
        Delegation: Industrial Camps – June 9, 2020 (PDF, 216KB)
        
        Travellers and Employers – April 14, 2020 (PDF, 365KB)
        
        Delegation: Travellers – April 14, 2020 (PDF, 255KB)
        
        Travellers – April 10, 2020 (PDF, 331KB)
        
        Delegation re Travellers – April 10, 2020 (PDF, 201KB)
        
        Travellers – March 17, 2020 (PDF, 125KB)
        
        Industrial projects restart
        
        Industrial Projects Restart – January 12, 2021 (PDF, 313KB)
        
        Industrial Projects Restart – December 29, 2020 (PDF, 304KB)
        
        Personal service establishments
        
        Personal Services Establishments – May 14, 2020 (PDF, 96KB)
        
        Personal Services Establishments – April 16, 2020 (PDF, 181KB)
        
        Long term care and assisted living staff assignment
        
        Vaccinated Staff: Variance of the Facility Staff Assignment Order – September 29, 2021 (PDF, 316KB)
        
        Vaccinated Staff: Variance of the Facility Staff Assignment Order – July 28, 2021 (PDF, 413KB)
        
        Long-Term Care Facility Staff Assignment – April 15, 2020 (PDF, 274KB)
        
        Vaccinated Staff: Variance of the Facility Staff Assignment Order – December 15, 2021 (PDF, 419KB)
        
        Variance of the Facility Staff Assignment Order – May 16, 2021 (PDF, 256KB)
        
        Amendment: Deployment and redeployment of staff - October 26, 2020 (PDF, 444KB)
        
        Agricultural temporary foreign workers
        
        Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers – June 20, 2021 (PDF, 286KB)
        
        Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers – March 14, 2021 (PDF, 279KB)
        
        Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers – March 6, 2021 (PDF, 207KB)
        
        Workplace Safety Order – March 10, 2022 (PDF, 395KB)
        
        Workplace Safety – February 16, 2022 (PDF, 413KB)
        
        Workplace Safety – January 20, 2022 (PDF, 383KB)
        
        Workplace and Post-Secondary Institution Safety – June 14, 2021 (PDF, 360KB)
        
        Workplace and Post-Secondary Institution Safety – May 2, 2021 (PDF, 339KB)
        
        Workplace and Post-Secondary Institution Safety – April 21, 2021 (PDF, 345KB)
        
        Delegation: Workplace Closures – April 11, 2021 (PDF, 319KB)
        
        Workplace Safety – December 16, 2020 (PDF, 314KB)
        
        Workplace Safety Plans - May 14, 2020 (PDF, 188KB)
        
        Medical Health Officer Orders And Notices
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – December 24, 2021 (PDF, 185KB)
        
        Gathering and Events Regional Measures (COVID-19) Order for Fraser Health Authority – September 28, 2021 (PDF, 352KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – December 9, 2021 (PDF, 216KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – November 30, 2021 (PDF, 213KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – November 18, 2021 (PDF, 148KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events – Interior Health COVID-19 Order – September 13, 2021 (PDF, 472KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – November 9, 2021 (PDF, 151KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – October 21, 2021 (PDF, 149KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – October 15, 2021 (PDF, 123KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – September 7, 2021 (PDF, 106KB)
        
        Indoor Exercise – Interior Health Requirements – August 27, 2021 (PDF, 450KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events – Interior Health COVID-19 Order – August 20, 2021 (PDF, 377KB)
        
        Mandatory Masks/Face Coverings – Interior Health COVID-19 Order – August 20, 2021 (PDF, 708KB)
        
        Indoor Exercise – Central Okanagan Requirements – August 13, 2021 (PDF, 954KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events – Central Okanagan COVID-19 Order – August 13, 2021 (PDF, 519KB)
        
        Food and Liquor Serving Premises – Central Okanagan COVID-19 Order – August 10, 2021 (PDF, 809KB)
        
        Gatherings and Events – Central Okanagan COVID-19 Order – August 9, 2021 (PDF, 510KB)
        
        Indoor Exercise – Central Okanagan Requirements – August 9, 2021 (PDF, 946KB)
        
        Mandatory Face Coverings – Central Okanagan COVID-19 Order – August 3, 2021(PDF, 850KB)
        
        Mandatory Face Coverings – Central Okanagan COVID-19 Order – July 30, 2021 (PDF, 800KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Northern Health Authority – January 19, 2021 (PDF, 94KB)
        
        Notice of Termination of Gathering and Events Regional Measures (COVID-19) Order for Fraser Health Authority – December 20, 2021 (PDF, 215KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of Gatherings and Events COVID-19 Order for Interior Health Authority – December 1, 2021 (PDF, 213KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Food and Liquor Serving Premises – Central Okanagan COVID-19 Order – September 13, 2021 (PDF, 383KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Mandatory Masks/Face Coverings – Interior Health COVID-19 Order – September 1, 2021 (PDF, 384KB)
        
        Delayed Return to School – December 31, 2021 (PDF, 375KB)
        
        Mink Farms — July 26, 2021 (PDF, 330KB)
        
        School Staff Member Vaccination Status Information Reporting – January 17, 2022 (PDF, 401KB)
        
        Coverage of Electoral Area J of the Cariboo Regional District – June 10, 2021 (PDF, 272KB)
        
        Advanced Care Paramedic and Critical Care Paramedic SARS-CoV-2 Swabbing – May 2, 2021 (PDF, 222KB
        
        Health Authority Regulated Health Professionals SARS-CoV-2 Swabbing – November 16, 2020 (PDF, 225KB)
        
        Midwives and Certified Practice Speech Language Pathologists SARS-CoV-2 Swabbing – November 16, 2020 (PDF, 269KB)
        
        British Columbia Emergency Health Services SARS-CoV-2 Swabbing – November 16, 2020 (PDF, 265KB)
        
        Licensed Practical Nurse Swabbing - May 7, 2020 (PDF, 172KB)
        
        Variance of Existing Orders to Suspend Reconsideration – April 21, 2021 (PDF, 273KB)
        
        Residential Care Facilities Staff Information Collection Order – October 27, 2023 (PDF, 317KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of Health Professionals COVID-19 Vaccination Status Information Order – July 14, 2023 (PDF, 291KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of Delegation to Provincial Infection Prevention and Control Officers – July 8, 2022 (PDF, 182KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of Industrial Projects within the Northern Health Authority Region – May 6, 2022 (PDF, 176KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Overnight Camps for Children and Youth Order – March 11, 2022 (PDF, 194KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Post-Secondary Institution Housing Preventive Measures Order — March 11, 2022 (PDF, 215KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Face Coverings Order — March 10, 2022 (PDF, 232KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Travellers and Employers Order – August 23, 2021 (PDF, 242KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Workplace and Post-Secondary Institution Safety Order – June 29, 2021 (PDF, 215.8KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of the Workplace Safety Plans Order – June 29, 2021 (PDF, 192.1KB)
        
        Notice of Repeal of Variance of Existing Orders to Suspect Reconsideration - April 21, 2021
        
        Notice of Repeal of Visitation and Visitor Appeal and Review Order - February 5, 2021 (PDF, 185KB)
        
        Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) – August 26, 2020 (PDF, 70.8KB)
        
        Notice Declaring COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – March 17, 2020 (PDF, 148KB)
        
        Notice Declaring Overdose Public Health Emergency – April 14 2016 (PDF, 37.6KB)
        
        Archived guidance
        
        Industrial Camps and Communicable Diseases Guidelines - July 8, 2022 (PDF, 638KB)
        
        Guidance for Food and Liquor Serving Premises – February 17, 2022 (PDF, 620KB)
        
        Guidance on the Creation of Facility Clusters – July 28, 2021 (PDF, 112KB)
        
        Guidance for Outdoor Assemblies, Rallies, and Protests – May 17, 2021 (PDF, 370KB)
        
        Guidance for Courthouse Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic – June 30, 2022 (PDF, 384KB)
        
        Courthouse Public Health Incident and Communication Response Protocol – June 30, 2022 (PDF, 357KB)
        
        Archived letters and statements
        
        Proof of Vaccination Checking for BC Electoral Boundaries Commission Hearings (PDF, 151KB)
        
        Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination of Industrial Project Workers (PDF, 94KB)
        
        Point of Care Testing for COVID-19 - Diagnostic Accreditation Program Accreditation and Test Results Reporting - July 15, 2022 (PDF, 75KB)
        
        Mask Use and Infection Prevention & Control Guidance for Health Professionals – April 1, 2022 (PDF, 177KB)
        
        Masks and Other Health Measures to Prevent COVID-19 to Human Rights Commissioner - March 31, 2022 (PDF, 560 KB)
        
        Rapid Point of Care Testing – July 30, 2021 (PDF, 75KB)
        
        Provincial Health Officer Statement for Employers on Transitioning from COVID-19 Safety Plans to Communicable Disease Plans – June 17, 2021 (PDF, 43KB)
        
        Rapid Point of Care Testing – March 16, 2021 (PDF, 195KB)
        
        Scope of Provincial Mask Use Policy – November 11, 2020 (PDF, 76KB)
        
        Testing Prior to Travel – July 30, 2020 (PDF, 77KB)
        
        Testing in Industry – June 17, 2020 (PDF, 193KB)
        
        Community Living BC: Guidance for COVID-19 – April 2, 2020 (PDF, 46KB)
        
        First Responders – March 18, 2020 (PDF, 654KB)
        
        Social Sector Stakeholders – March 18, 2020 (PDF, 130KB)
        
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COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

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Guidance

Archived orders

Archived guidance

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