Last updated: September 1, 2022
- UBC Campus Rules: Updated to reflect the recent Provincial Health Orders [Updated August 25, 2022]. Learn more.
- Medical masks: UBC no longer requires students, faculty and staff to wear non-medical masks, but UBC continue to recommend that masks be worn in indoor public spaces. Download an updated mask signage.
- COVID-19 Safety Plans: As of May 1, 2022, UBC transitioned from COVID-19 Safety Plans to a Communicable Disease Prevention Framework in alignment with the BC Centre for Disease Control, WorkSafeBC, and Public Health Guidance for Post-Secondary Institutions.
- Rapid Antigen Test Kits: Rapid Antigen Testing Kits are available for free at many participating pharmacies. For more information on ‘Where to get a COVID-19 test in BC‘, please visit the BCCDC website.
- Self-isolation and ending isolation: If you tested positive and are managing your illness at home you can end isolation when all three conditions are met. Learn more.
For the most up-to-date information on province-wide restrictions, please visit the BC Government Website.
Find the latest university-wide updates and useful FAQs at covid19.ubc.ca and ok.ubc.ca/covid19.
For information about Vancouver campus building ventilation and cleaning, visit UBC Facilities.
For travel and border crossing requirements, visit UBC Finance – Travel.
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UBC Campus Rules & Guidance Documents
UBC COVID-19 Campus Rules and Guidance Documents are in place to ensure persons in all workspaces and other UBC property remain as safe as possible.Care locations or community care settings
By Order of the Provincial Health Officer, students, faculty and staff accessing all care locations and community care settings must follow the COVID-19 preventive measures order (February 18, 2022).COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring at UBC
Wastewater monitoring for COVID-19 involves testing for presence of the fragments of the virus (called SARS-CoV-2 RNA gene fragments) that are shed by both asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals in wastewater. For Winter Term 2, UBC is scaling up wastewater monitoring to include more of the UBC Vancouver campus community and student residences.