KAMLOOPS — By order and direction of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO), all events and social gatherings are suspended to significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission related to social interactions and travel.
Last updated: December 3, 2020
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By order and direction of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO), all events and social gatherings are suspended to significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission related to social interactions and travel.
The order is in effect from November 19, 2020 at midnight to December 7, 2020 at midnight.
All in-person events and community-based gatherings as defined in the PHO order – Gatherings and Events (PDF) are suspended, with the exception of weddings, funerals, baptisms, support group meetings and business meetings. For example:
No social gatherings of any size at your residence with anyone other than your household or core bubble. For example:
For most people, their core bubble is their immediate household. An immediate household is a group of people who live in the same dwelling. For example:
For others, including people who live alone, their core bubble may also contain a partner, relative, friend or co-parent who lives in a different household. This should be a maximum of two people outside of those living in your immediate household.
For those who parent from separate households or rely on a family member or close friends for support with things like picking up children after school or delivering essential items like mail, medication or groceries, these activities can continue.
For people who live alone, a core bubble is a maximum of two people you see regularly. You must not host gatherings.
Welcoming your child home from university is okay. This is not a social gathering.
Funerals, weddings and baptisms
Religious gatherings and worship services
These activities are not considered a social gathering:
You must wear a mask when not at a table. Events are no longer allowed.
Restaurants, pubs and bars can continue to operate if they have a COVID-19 Safety Plan and employee protocols in place.
WorkSafeBC will be conducting inspections to verify that COVID-19 Safety Plans remain effective. Establishments that are noncompliant with plan requirements may face orders and fines, and possible referral to public health which may result in a closure order.
By order of the PHO, restrictions are in place for indoor physical activities. These temporary restrictions are in place to limit the amount of physical interactions and travel to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Businesses, recreation centres or other organizations that organize or operate high intensity group fitness activities must suspend the following activities:
High intensity fitness activities cause a sustained and accelerated rate of breathing and may involve close contact with other people.
Businesses, recreation centres or other organizations that organize or operate low intensity group fitness activities must temporarily suspend them or move to virtual options, until guidance is developed to allow these activities to resume. These include:
Low intensity fitness activities do not cause a sustained and accelerated rate of breathing and do not involve close contact with other people.
Businesses who close due to COVID-19 restrictions could be eligible to receive rent support of up to 90 percent.
Gyms and recreation facilities that offer individual workouts and personal training sessions can remain open as long as they have a COVID-19 Safety Plan that is strictly followed.
By order of the PHO, restrictions are in place for adult and youth indoor and outdoor sports. These temporary restrictions are in place to limit the amount of physical interactions and travel to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
All indoor and outdoor sports for people 19 years of age and older are suspended. These include:
All organized indoor and outdoor sports for people under 19 years of age must follow viaSport’s Return to Sport Phase 2 guidance with respect to maintaining physical distance for participants. This means games, tournaments and competitions are temporarily suspended for teams.
Under the order, no spectators are allowed at any sport activities. The only people allowed to attend sport activities are those that provide care to a participant or player. For example, providing first aid.
Travel to, from and between communities for team athletic activities like games, competitions, training and practice is prohibited. For example:
High performance athletes, professional athletes and professional performers like dancers are not included in the order. To qualify as a high performance athlete, you must be:
Structured extracurricular activities and programs for people under 19 years of age can continue to operate with a COVID-19 Safety Plan in place and must be supervised but an adult. These include:
Under the order, performances, recitals and demonstrations are not allowed.
As outlined in the mask mandate order, masks are required for everyone in many public indoor settings. A face shield is not a substitute for a mask as it has an opening below the mouth.
There are exemptions for:
Masks are required in many indoor public settings and all retail stores. This includes:
You are subject to a $230 fine if you:
Emergency Management BC is reviewing other community locations where a mask mandate may be advisable and anticipates issuing a further order to enforce requirements for masks in common areas of apartment buildings, condos and workplaces.
It is strongly recommended that masks be worn in the following areas:
At this time, all non-essential travel should be avoided. This includes travel into and out of B.C. and between regions of the province. For example:
Individual circumstances may affect whether a trip is considered essential or non-essential. Essential travel within B.C. includes:
For example, if you live in Vancouver and work in Surrey you can continue to commute.
If you need to travel for essential reasons, take the same health and safety precautions you do at home.
Ski and snowboard at your local mountains. For example, if you live in Vancouver, you should ski at Cypress, Grouse or Mt. Seymour.
At this time, people travelling to B.C. from another province or territory within Canada should only come for essential reasons. If you do travel, you are expected to follow the same travel guidelines as everyone else in B.C.
The order does not restrict flights entering and leaving B.C.
During a public health emergency under the Public Health Act, the PHO can make orders as needed. You must follow the orders.
Under the Government’s Emergency Program Act, some orders can be enforced by police or other compliance and enforcement officials. People who don’t follow these orders could be fined.
In addition to compliance activities by WorkSafe, an Environmental Health Officers team will focus on workplaces in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions to ensure COVID-19 Safety Plan compliance and enable rapid response and action.
