B-C’s Ministry of Health is clarifying new rules around social gatherings, one day after a new regional public health order was issued. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the new orders in a special media briefing Saturday amid spiking COVID-19 cases and they apply to residents of the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health regions for the next two weeks. In a statement Sunday, the ministry says that under the new order, there are to be no social gatherings of any size with anyone other than your immediate household. It says this includes not only gatherings in your home, but also outdoors, at restaurants or at other venues. Restaurants can remain open but guests must stick to a table with their own household members. Going for a walk is not considered a social gathering, but British Columbians need to be vigilant that a walk doesn’t turn into a group of people gathering outside.
