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New Provincial Health Officer Order

November 7, 2020, a new   Provincial Health Officer Order   was put in place for all individuals, places of work and businesses across the Lower Mainland. The order applies to the following communities within the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions.

Abbotsford

Maple Ridge

Richmond

Agassiz

Mission

Sunshine Coast Regional District

Burnaby

New Westminster

Surrey

Chilliwack

North Vancouver

Squamish

Coquitlam

Pemberton

Vancouver

Delta

Pitts Meadows

West Vancouver

Hope

Port Coquitlam

Whistler

Howe Sound

Port Moody

White Rock

Langley

Powell River

 

Lions Bay

 

 

 

This new Order will be in effect from Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 10pm until Monday, November 23, 2020 at 12pm.  It mainly focuses on 4 areas:

  • Social Gatherings
  • Group Physical Activities
  • Travel
  • Workplace Safety

Although we do not have the full details of the new Order until it is finalized and released, we do know

  • Indoor sports games and competitions that cannot maintain physical distancing within the above regions are suspended for 2 weeks.
  • Indoor sports activities that cannot maintain physical distancing can be replaced with individual exercise or practice if physical distancing measures can be maintained.
  • Travel for sports  into or out of the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions is suspended for 2 weeks

viaSport is working with government to understand how sports organized indoor activities that increase respiratory rate will be affected.  We will share more information as soon as we learned about it.

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