Outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people now allowed

Dr. Bonnie Henry has eased some of the restrictions around gatherings as warmer weather begins to arrive across BC.

Gatherings of up to 10 people will now be allowed in outdoor settings. Indoor gatherings are still prohibited.

“This means your children can have a play date with their friends over the March break,” Henry said, “but with their same group of friends, and if they’re in school, the group of friends that they’re in a cohort with at school. You can meet friends outside and have a coffee, have a chat, have a connection, have a picnic in a park with your grandparents.”

With spring break only hours away, Dr. Henry is advising against travel, even around the province.

“I do think, over March break, if you are a family and you’re going to your cabin and you’re self-contained that that’s okay,” Henry said. “But, we really need to stick to our household, stick to limited travel and we need to be very aware. We looked at the local health data that’s published on the BCCDC website. There are areas where we have a lot of transmission happening and we do not want people to travel from those areas to an area of low risk.”