It’s might be a new year, but British Columbia remains in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Tuesday afternoon, the B.C. government announced that it has formally extended the provincial state of emergency until Jan. 19.
The move allows health, government, and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act in order to deal with the ongoing pandemic.
“There’s hope on the horizon for the new year with vaccines beginning, but I want to caution everyone to keep following public health orders,” said Premier John Horgan in a press release. “British Columbians have been working hard to flatten the curve, and to do that, we can’t let up too soon. We need everyone to hang in there and continue to do what they need to do to keep case numbers low.”
The original state of emergency declaration was made on March 18, 2020.
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