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This includes dentists, opticians and naturopaths.
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“Given the high vaccination rates in these professions and the current state of the pandemic, the PHO has decided not to require private healthcare professionals to be vaccinated at this time,” Henry said in a statement released Thursday. This came as the World Health Organization declared that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight. In March 2022, Henry ordered all health professionals in private and public settings to declare their vaccination status to their regulatory body in order to be allowed to work. Henry said people who work for health authorities and health authority-sponsored organizations and long-term care and assisted living facilities should still be fully vaccinated, meaning at least two shots. On Thursday, the BC Ministry of Health reported 16 deaths from COVID-19 in the week ending Sept. 10. This includes people who died of other causes but had COVID-19 at the time. As of September 10, there were 314 people in the hospital with COVID-19 (although they may not have been hospitalized for COVID-19) and 23 in intensive care. A total of 4,216 people have died of COVID-19 in BC. as of March 2020 — a number that dwarfs the number of people who have died from drug overdoses, the province’s other public health crisis.
