New masking rules for health-care settings in B.C. coming into force Oct. 3, officials confirm

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Bethany Lindsay, Chad Pawson | CBC News

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix have announced that mandatory masking is returning to the province’s health-care facilities as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

Thursday’s news confirms details provided in a leaked government memo obtained by CBC a day earlier, which stated that “continuous masking by health-care workers, visitors, contractors and volunteers in all patient, client and resident care areas” will start Oct. 3.

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URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-enhanced-masking-health-care-settings-1.6980600

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