COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
In a provincial state of emergency, the Provincial Health Officer (PHO) can make orders as needed.
Last updated: January 13, 2020
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Orders and notices
You must follow PHO orders.
Orders
- Industrial Projects Restart – January 12, 2021 (PDF, 313KB)
- Resource Sector Worksites and Industrial Camps in the Region of the Northern Health Authority – January 12, 2021 (PDF, 393KB)
- Gatherings and Events – January 8, 2021 (PDF, 447KB)
- Read related Public Heath guidelines
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises and Retail Establishments which Sell Liquor – December 30, 2020 (PDF, 361KB)
- Workplace Safety – December 16, 2020 (PDF, 314KB)
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- 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)
- Registered Nurse and Registered Psychiatric Nurse Public Health Pharmacotherapy – September 16, 2020 (PDF, 227KB)
- Industrial Camps – July 2, 2020 (PDF, 311KB)
- Overnight Camps for Children and Youth – May 29, 2020 (PDF, 245KB)
- 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)
- Travellers and Employers – April 14, 2020 (PDF, 365KB)
- 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)
Notices
Guidance
Guidelines
Comprehensive guidance
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is the best source for comprehensive COVID-19 information and guidance.
If you are an employer and need guidance on safe operations, WorkSafeBC is the best source of information.
Letters
- 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)
Archived orders
- Gatherings and Events – December 24, 2020 (PDF, 444KB)
- Gatherings and Events – December 15, 2020 (PDF, 362KB)
- Gatherings and Events – December 9, 2020 (PDF, 360KB)
- Gatherings and Events – December 4, 2020 (PDF, 357KB)
- Gatherings and Events – December 2, 2020 (PDF, 356KB)
- Gatherings and Events – November 10, 2020 (PDF, 340KB)
- Gathering and Events – October 30, 2020 (PDF, 334KB)
- Gatherings and Events – October 9, 2020 (PDF, 231KB)
- Gatherings and Events – September 18, 2020 (PDF, 250KB)
- Gatherings and Events – August 7, 2020 (PDF, 226KB)
- Gatherings and Events – July 27, 2020 (PDF, 206KB)
- Mass Gatherings – May 22, 2020 (PDF, 196KB)
- Mass Gatherings – March 16, 2020 (PDF, 202KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – October 9, 2020 (PDF, 304KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – September 18, 2020 (PDF, 327KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – July 31, 2020 (PDF, 323KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – July 23, 2020 (PDF, 257KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – June 19, 2020 (PDF, 234KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – June 10, 2020 (PDF, 209KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – May 22, 2020 (PDF, 270KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – May 15, 2020 (PDF, 268KB)
- Food and Liquor Serving Premises – March 20, 2020 (PDF, 247KB)
