[BCMA] Province introduces travel restrictions to curb spread of COVID-19

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

To help keep communities safe and protect British Columbia’s health-care
system from COVID-19, the Province is introducing travel restrictions that
limit non-essential travel in B.C.

On the advice of Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer (PHO),
Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, has issued
a new order using the extraordinary powers of the Emergency Program Act to
prohibit non-essential travel between three regional zones in the province,
using health authority boundaries. The regional zones are:

   1. Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley (Fraser Health and Coastal Health
   regions);
   2. Vancouver Island (Island Health region); and
   3. Northern/Interior (Interior Health and Northern Health regions).

While the order puts legal limits only on travel between regional zones,
the PHO’s guidance remains unchanged throughout B.C.: everyone should
continue to stay within their local community – essential travel only.

This order will be in effect from April 23 through May 25, 2021, (after the
May long weekend). It applies to everyone in the province, including
non-essential travellers from outside the province.

To read the full announcement:

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021PSSG0029-000758
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