EMO News Release - December 20

December 20, 2021

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The provincial health officer announced revised orders which are now in effect, extended to January 31, 2022. These orders address rising COVID-19 case counts and include:

Limited indoor, personal gatherings, including in rental and vacation properties to the household/residents plus ten individuals, or one additional household maximum if all are aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated.

• The BC vaccine card is required for organized events of all sizes and ensuring the QR code is scanned at events.
• Seating requirements and restricted movement between tables at food and liquor-serving premises and reinforcing the need to wear masks when not seated.
• Limiting venues of 1,000 individuals or more to 50% of the seated capacity with reinforced masking requirements and scanning of the BC vaccine card QR code.
• Pause for all sports tournaments while the order is in effect.
• All New Year’s Eve organized gatherings and events are restricted to being seated-only events, with no mingling or dancing allowed.

In addition to the provincial health officer orders, British Columbians are advised to limit indoor gatherings to those who are fully vaccinated, to ensure proper ventilation indoors, to avoid all travel if not fully vaccinated and to follow the travel advisory issued by the federal government to avoid non-essential travel outside of Canada.

Information about COVID-19, how to protect yourself, your family and your community and what to do if you suspect you have the virus is available from this Island Health link.
https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn-about-health/covid-19

The provincial health officer revised orders may be viewed at this link:
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0230-002414

Information about booster dose is available from the province at this link. The information explains priority groups and the requirement to wait until contacted.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/booster

Please take care over the holidays and above all, safe and healthy. See you in 2022.

For information, contact:

Aaron Dawson
Emergency Program Coordinator, City of Parksville
adawson@parksville.ca

Rob Daman
Emergency Program Coordinator, Town of Qualicum Beach
rdaman@qualicumbeach.com

Deb Tardiff
Manager of Communications, City of Parksville
dtardiff@parksville.ca