BC Says It Won’t Drop Vaccine Mandate as Rural Mayors Raise Alarm Over Nursing Shortages, Hospital Closures

Ambulances are parked at the entrance to the emergency department at Richmond General Hospital, in Richmond, B.C., on Nov. 27, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The BC Ministry of Health is not backing down on its requirement that all health-care workers in the province be vaccinated, despite reports that rural B.C. mayors have called for an end to COVID mandates to solve a persistent nursing shortage.

B.C. is one of the few provinces that continues to enforce vaccine mandates for health workers.