{"id":3358,"date":"2023-10-17T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:01:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T13:01:39","slug":"bcs-new-masking-guidance-isnt-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/bcs-new-masking-guidance-isnt-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"BC\u2019s new masking guidance isn\u2019t enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of October&nbsp;3, masks are mandatory for healthcare workers and visitors in settings that are accessible to patients, including areas where they receive care. This includes spaces like the rooms where doctors and nurses serve patients directly, or areas where patients may stay while waiting, such as lobbies. The policy also extends to contractors or volunteers in the area, but does not include private clinics or patients themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of October&nbsp;3, masks are mandatory for healthcare workers and visitors in settings that are accessible to patients, including areas where they receive care. This includes spaces like the rooms where doctors and nurses serve patients directly, or areas where patients may stay while waiting, such as lobbies. The policy also extends to contractors or volunteers in the area, but does not include private clinics or patients themselves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/bcs-new-masking-guidance-isnt-enough\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BC\u2019s new masking guidance isn\u2019t enough<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[416,83,96,18,23,19,245,14,143],"class_list":["post-3358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-airborne-transmission","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-covid-19","tag-hospitals","tag-masks","tag-n95-respirators","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-universal-masking","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3359,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3358\/revisions\/3359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}