No Exemption for Rare Medical Conditions in BC’s New Proof-of-Vaccination Regime, Henry Says

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry looks on as Premier John Horgan speaks about the COVID-19 vaccine card set to begin in mid-September, during a press conference at the provincial legislature in Victoria on Aug. 23, 2021. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

British Columbians anxious to return to a normal social and economic life will soon face one of the most stringent proof-of-vaccination systems in Canada, and there will be no exemption for those with rare medical conditions.

At a press conference Monday, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry said the strict measures were being introduced to get the province “through a risky period” of increased COVID-19 cases, and there would be no exemptions granted to the unvaccinated.