public health officials to drop mandatory self-isolation rules for those who test positive for COVID-19. public health officials to drop mandatory self-isolation rules for those who test positive for COVID-19. The rule change was not announced in a public statement or prominently highlighted during a Wednesday news conference by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix. The statement did not address that the self-isolation rules had in fact changed, or the reasons for the change. "I think [dropping isolation rules] is … serving those economic interests rather than the public health."

Source: CBC News November 19, 2022 23:42 UTC