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B.C.’s top doctor ends COVID-19 public health emergency
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s top doctor says she is ending the public health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says any remaining restrictions, including the vaccination requirement for health-care workers, are being rescinded.
Henry says after reviewing all the data she is confident the province has reached the point where there is no longer a need for the public health emergency and all requirements that remain can be lifted.
She says wastewater indicators and testing data show COVID-19 has levelled off and the number of people in intensive care and in hospitals is lower and stable.