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Mandatory vaccinations now in effect for long-term care staff in BC

It’s deadline day today (Tuesday), for workers in B-C’s long-term care and assisted-living homes.

They must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

For those employees who have received only one shot, they’ll have to submit to daily testing and receive their second dose within 35 days of the first.

Those who refuse to be completely inoculated will be suspended without pay.

Officials in the long-term care sector are concerned that the requirements will worsen a situation where staff is already in short supply.

Today’s also the deadline for visitors to long-term care facilities to have had at least one vaccination.

They’ll have to be fully inoculated by November 30th.

with files from Vista Radio news wire

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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