COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

Last updated: November 18, 2020

On this page:

• Orders, notices and guidance
• Health sector resources
• Letters
• Archived orders

Orders, notices and guidance

In a provincial state of emergency, the Provincial Health Officer can make orders as needed. You must follow the orders.

Orders

• 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)
• Prevention Regional Measures – November 13, 2020 (PDF, 359KB)
• Gatherings and Events – November 10, 2020 (PDF, 340KB)
• Food and Liquor Serving Premises – October 9, 2020 (PDF, 304KB)
• Registered Nurse and Registered Psychiatric Nurse Public Health Pharmacotherapy – September 16, 2020 (PDF, 227KB)
• Industrial Camps – July 2, 2020 (PDF, 311KB)
  • Delegation: Industrial Camps – June 9, 2020 (PDF, 216KB)
• Overnight Camps for Children and Youth – May 29, 2020 (PDF, 245KB)
• Vending Merchandise at Markets – May 28, 2020 (PDF, 233KB)
• Workplace Safety Plans - May 14, 2020 (PDF, 188KB)
• Licensed Practical Nurse Swabbing - May 7, 2020 (PDF, 172KB)
• Long-Term Care Facility Staff Assignment – April 15, 2020 (PDF, 274KB)
  • Amendment: Deployment and redeployment of staff - October 26, 2020 (PDF, 444KB)
• Travellers and Employers – April 14, 2020 (PDF, 365KB)
  • Delegation: Travellers – April 14, 2020 (PDF, 255KB)
• Health Care Labour Adjustment (COVID-19) – April 10, 2020 (PDF, 695KB)
• Information Collection from Long Term Care Facility Staff – March 26, 2020 (PDF, 214KB)
• Federal Quarantine Order – August 30, 2020 (PDF, 428KB)
  • Government of Canada, Exceptions to Requirement to Quarantine, section 6

Notices

• Notice Declaring Overdose Public Health Emergency – April 14 2016 (PDF, 37.6KB)
• Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) – August 26, 2020 (PDF, 70.8KB)
• Notice Declaring COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – March 17, 2020 (PDF, 148KB)

Guidance​

• K-12 Schools – September 11, 2020 (PDF, 410KB)
• Industrial Camp Workers, Contractors, and Employers Working in the Agricultural, Forestry, and Natural Resource Sectors  – July 28, 2020 (PDF, 653KB)
• Faith-Based Organizations – July 21, 2020 (PDF,288KB)
• Emergency Response Centres – July 20, 2020 (PDF, 596KB)
• Hotel Sector – July 9, 2020 (PDF, 462KB)
• Child Care Settings - July 8, 2020 (PDF, 439KB)
• Homeless Encampments – June 8, 2020 (PDF, 421KB)
• Self-Isolation for Multi-Generational Households – April 4,2020 (PDF, 425KB)
• Social Service Providers
• Manufacturing – March 25, 2020 (PDF, 515KB)
• Mining and Smelting – March 25, 2020 (PDF, 517KB)
• Construction Sites – March 22, 2020 (PDF, 512KB)

Data and modelling

• COVID-19 modellings and projections
• BCCDC COVID-19 dashboard
  Latest case counts and information on recoveries, deaths, hospitalizations and testing

Health sector resources

British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has clinical and health care related guidance for health care workers.

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply, Assessment, Testing and Distribution Protocol – May 1, 2020 (PDF, 461KB)
• Policy Communique: COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control – May 19, 2020 (PDF, 1.4MB)
• COVID-19 Ethics Analysis: What is the Ethical Duty of Health Care Workers to Provide Care During COVID-19 Pandemic? – March 28, 2020 (PDF, 435KB)
• COVID-19 Ethical Decision-Making Framework – March 28, 2020 (PDF, 367KB)
• COVID-19: Emergency Prioritization in a Pandemic Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Allocation Framework – March 25, 2020 (PDF, 848KB)

Letters

• 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)

Archived orders