BC Lifts Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers, Says Emergency Over

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a COVID-19 update in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on March 10, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has lifted public health emergency orders, allowing the 2,000 health-care workers who lost their jobs for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine to return to work.

Dr. Henry announced July 26 the province was ending the public health emergency and “rescinding all related orders,” including the vaccine mandate imposed on health-care workers in 2021.