Roughly 1,000 people have taken to the streets out front of 麻豆精选 General Hospital on Wednesday afternoon in protest of provincial health measures regarding COVID-19, specifically the recently announced vaccine card program.
The event began around 1 p.m. The large and aggressive crowd has taken over most sidewalks surrounding the hospital and several cars are driving by blaring their horns. Throughout the event, people were chanting 鈥渇reedom.鈥�
At one point, a group of nurses counter-protested the rally, locking arms at the hospital鈥檚 entrance and reiterating that they were not part of the crowd and that they didn鈥檛 support the protest.
There鈥檚 gotta be at least 1,000 people here, if not more pic.twitter.com/dZeAl5MvDy
鈥� Aaron (@aaron_hemens) September 1, 2021
KGH nurses came out to say they didn鈥檛 support the protest. @麻豆精选CapNews pic.twitter.com/WlrrNrzZzz
鈥� twila m amato (@twilamam) September 1, 2021
Premier John Horgan and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the new measures on Aug. 30, citing statistics that show 90 per cent of new coronavirus cases are in people who haven鈥檛 been fully vaccinated.
The vaccine card comes into effect with one dose being required for entry into many non-essential businesses including indoor ticketed events, bars and restaurants and fitness centres as of Sept. 13. As of Oct. 24, patrons will be required to be fully vaccinated.
Happening right in front of 麻豆精选 General Hospital. Residents came out in droves demanding no to vaccine passports. @麻豆精选CapNews pic.twitter.com/zKnAhmYXUR
鈥� twila m amato (@twilamam) September 1, 2021
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