BC’s Restart Plan lays out a series of steps that we will take together to protect people and ensure that our province can come back from COVID-19 stronger than before.

Around the world, governments have taken different approaches to try to bend and flatten the curve of transmission — from complete lockdowns to quarantines and varying intensities of physical distancing.

From the outset, B.C. established clear guidance, transparency and an evidence-based approach as hallmarks of our fight against COVID-19.

Protective measures B.C. has taken have included:

• Providing physical distancing and hygiene guidelines for people, businesses and essential services to follow
• Banning mass gathering of more than 50 people to reduce the risk of outbreaks
• Closing bars, dine-in service at restaurants, and personal service operators, like barbers and dentists, to reduce the risk of transmission
• Reducing in-classroom learning and child care
• Requiring travellers to develop and stick to a 14-day isolation plan when arriving in B.C. from abroad
• Restricting visitors to health care and assisted living facilities to protect some of our most vulnerable people
• Postponing non-urgent and elective surgeries while maintaining urgent and emergency procedures

Working together we’ve made a lot of progress. These protective measures and restrictions have directly saved lives, but we also know that the public health benefit has come at some expense, including the economic, social and personal well-being of many British Columbians.

Check out the BC Government website for more info.