Sports teams have continued to travel into or out of B.C. and COVID-19 infections have spread as a result, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says.

sa国际传媒淲e know there are many people who want to travel, who are coming here from other provinces for recreation and sport, and we know that there are sports teams in B.C. that have travelled to other provinces despite the restrictions that wesa国际传媒檝e put in place,sa国际传媒� Henry said at a pandemic briefing Dec. 2.

sa国际传媒淔or example, theresa国际传媒檚 a hockey team in the Interior that travelled to Alberta and has come back, and now there are dozens of people who are affected and it has spread in the community. We need to stop, right now, to protect our communities and our families and our health care workers.sa国际传媒�

B.C.sa国际传媒檚 current advisory against all non-essential travel in or out of B.C. is set to expire on Monday, Dec. 7, and Premier John Horgan says Henry and the B.C. Centre for Disease Control team will determine by then if that will be extended. Wednesdaysa国际传媒檚 result of 834 new cases and 12 additional deaths is a jump from earlier this week and suggests restrictions on travel and gatherings will likely continue.

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Henry noted that B.C.sa国际传媒檚 travel advisory is not an order and the province cansa国际传媒檛 effectively sort out what is non-essential travel.

sa国际传媒淚 cannot stop you by an order from getting into your car or going onto a plane,sa国际传媒� she said. sa国际传媒淏ut Isa国际传媒檓 asking in the strongest of terms for us to stay put.sa国际传媒�

With the holiday season approaching, a visiting relative is not considered non-essential travel.

sa国际传媒淢aking an exception for yourself, your team or your recreational needs puts a crack in our wall, and we see that this virus can exploit that very easily at this time of year,sa国际传媒� Henry said. sa国际传媒淚 do say, though, if you have a family member who is returning home for the holidays, then that is important and that is fine. But it is critical that when they come here, they need follow all of our orders and guidelines that we have in place. That means no socializing, no going outside the home and having parties and gatherings of any kind right now.sa国际传媒�

tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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