BC is rescinding its policy that required provincial public servants to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The province says that from April 3rd, BC Public Service employees will no longer be required to provide proof of vaccination. The Ministry of Finance says in a statement the decision to rescind the policy was made “based on the high level of vaccination among public-service employees and the current state of the pandemic.” It says more than 98 per cent of employees met the requirement. The government says people are still required to be vaccinated if they work in settings under provincial health officer orders or other vaccination requirements and vaccine mandates remain in place in “highest-risk” settings like health-care facilities.
As for a spring booster campaign, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the next round of boosters will target people at the “highest risk” of severe illness, and that the upcoming round will start to get underway in April.
