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Proposed two-week quarantine for anyone travelling to Vancouver Island may not be the best way to proceed: Premier Horgan
BY , Nov 19, 2020 1:27 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
B.C. Premier John Horgan smiles during a post-election news conference in Vancouver, on Sunday, October 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
British Columbia Premier John Horgan says a proposed two-week quarantine for anyone travelling to Vancouver Island may not be the best way to proceed.
Horgan was commenting on a proposal from Dr. Richard Stanwick, the chief medical officer for Vancouver Island, on limiting the potential spread of COVID-19 through mandatory quarantines.
The premier says he will let provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry determine whether the plan should be implemented, but he says a quarantine plan may not be the right approach.
Dr. Stanwick says in an interview that roughly half of the COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island from Sept. 1 to Nov. 10 have come from people travelling.
He adds that he doesn't know how feasible the quarantine plan is, but it's his role to ``put all the options on the table'' for Henry and health officials. Stanwick says his suggestion would be similar to Atlantic Canada's bubble approach, which limits travel between those provinces.
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