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COVID-19 exposures identified on 61 flights through B.C.

The flights were added to the BCCDC's public exposure list over the past week
Kirsten Clarke
Kirsten Clarke
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Sixty-one flights through B.C. have been flagged for COVID-19 exposures by the BC Centre for Disease Control over the past week.  

The domestic and international flights were added to the BCCDC’s public exposure list between Jan. 10 and Jan. 15.

The affected flights are:

  • Dec. 30: Flair 8134 from Vancouver to Toronto (affected rows 12 to 18)
  • Dec. 30: Air Canada 116 from Vancouver to Toronto (affected rows 33 to 39)
  • Jan. 1: Air Canada/Jazz 8576 from Vancouver to Saskatoon (affected rows 22 to 27)
  • Jan.1: WestJet 3282 from Prince George to Vancouver (affected rows 3 to 9)
  • Jan. 2: Swoop 107 from Hamilton to Abbotsford (affected rows 11 to 17)
  • Jan. 3: Air Canada 228 from Vancouver to Calgary (affected rows 19 to 25)
  • Jan. 3: Delta 6329/WestJet 3295 from Calgary to Victoria (affected rows 10 to 16)
  • Jan. 3: Air Canada 195 from Toronto to Victoria (affected rows 19 to 25)
  • Jan. 3: Air Canada 45 from Delhi to Vancouver (affected rows 2 to 8)
  • Jan. 3: Air Canada 106 from Vancouver to Toronto (affected rows 50 to 55)
  • Jan. 3: Air Canada 202 from Vancouver to Calgary (affected rows 1 to 4 and 12 to 14)
  • Jan. 3: Air Canada/Jazz 8572 from Vancouver to Regina (affected rows 13 to 19)
  • Jan. 3: WestJet 3387 from Calgary to Kelowna (affected rows 1 to 6)
  • Jan. 4: Air Canada 311 from Montreal to Vancouver (affected rows 37 to 42)
  • Jan. 4: Air Canada 115 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows 24 to 30 and 40 to 46)
  • Jan. 4: KLM 681 from Amsterdam to Vancouver (affected rows 17 to 26 and 33 to 39)
  • Jan. 4: United Airlines 1614 from Denver to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 4: WestJet 3315 from Calgary to Comox (affected rows 12 to 18)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 8084 from Seattle to Vancouver (affected rows 8 to 14)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 8414 from Vancouver to Kelowna (affected rows 4 to 10)
  • Jan. 5: Delta 3702 from Seattle to Vancouver (affected rows 14 to 20)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 244 from Vancouver to Edmonton (affected rows 25 to 31)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 302 from Vancouver to Montreal (affected rows 39 to 45)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 567 from San Francisco to Vancouver (affected rows 12 to 16)
  • Jan. 5: United Airlines 1641 from Denver to Vancouver (affected rows 4 to 10)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 201 from Calgary to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 218 from Vancouver to Calgary (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 234 from Vancouver to Edmonton (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 5: Air Canada 241 from Edmonton to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan 5: Air Canada 127 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 5: American Airlines 1539 from Dallas to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 5: WestJet 3170 from Kelowna to Calgary (affected rows 2 to 8)
  • Jan. 6: KLM 681 from Amsterdam to Vancouver (affected rows 3 to 7 and 31 to 36)
  • Jan. 6: American Airlines 1539 from Dallas to Vancouver (affected rows 9 to 13)
  • Jan. 6: Air Canada 551 from Los Angeles to Vancouver (affected rows 33 to 40)
  • Jan. 6: Aeromexico 696 from Mexico City to Vancouver (affected rows 21 to 27)
  • Jan. 6: Air Canada 205 from Calgary to Vancouver (affected rows 20 to 26)
  • Jan. 7: Air Canada 202 from Vancouver to Calgary (affected rows 17 to 22)
  • Jan. 7: Air Canada 8577 from Saskatoon to Vancouver (affected rows 14 to 20)
  • Jan.7: WestJet 3103 from Calgary to Nanaimo (affected rows 16 to 20)
  • Jan. 7: Air Canada/Jazz 8618 from Vancouver to Winnipeg (affected rows 12 to 18)
  • Jan. 7: American Airlines 1539 from Dallas to Vancouver (affected rows 8 to 11)
  • Jan. 7: WestJet 3231 from Calgary to Abbotsford (affected rows 13 to 19)
  • Jan. 7: Air Canada 244 from Vancouver to Edmonton (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 7: Lufthansa 492 from Frankfurt to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 7: Air Canada 107 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows 1 to 6)
  • Jan. 7: Air Canada 344 from Vancouver to Ottawa (affected rows 16 to 22)
  • Jan. 8: Aeromexico 696 from Mexico City to Vancouver (affected rows 25 to 30)
  • Jan. 8: WestJet 3176 from Abbotsford to Calgary (affected rows 15 to 20)
  • Jan. 8: Air Canada 107 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows 23 to 29)
  • Jan. 9: Air Canada 115 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 9: Lufthansa 492 from Frankfurt to Vancouver (affected rows 23 to 25)
  • Jan. 9: WestJet 725 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 10: Air Canada 106 from Vancouver to Toronto (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 10: Air Canada 123 from Toronto to Vancouver (affected rows 18 to 21)
  • Jan. 10: Pacific Coastal Airlines 344 from Bella Coola to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 10: WestJet 122 from Vancouver to Calgary (affected 10 to 16)
  • Jan. 10: Air Canada 241 from Edmonton to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
  • Jan. 11: Air Canada 311 from Montreal to Vancouver (affected rows 29 to 35)
  • Jan. 11: Air Canada 305 from Montreal to Vancouver (affected rows 14 to 20)
  • Jan. 11: WestJet 3231 from Calgary to Abbotsford (affected rows 15 to 20)

Passengers seated in the affected rows “should be considered to be at higher risk of exposure due to their proximity to the case,” according to the BCCDC.

Domestic passengers on a flight with a confirmed case of COVID-19 are advised to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days, and get tested if any develop.

Key symptoms to watch out for include fever or chills, cough, loss of sense of smell or taste and difficulty breathing.

Travellers arriving in B.C. from outside of Canada are required to complete the federal ArriveCAN application digitally before entering the country. Upon arrival, international passengers are required to self-isolate for 14 days under the federal Quarantine Act.

As of Jan. 7, all international air passengers over the age of 5 are required by Transport Canada to present a negative COVID-19 test result to the airline before boarding a flight to Canada. The test must be conducted within 72 hours of the scheduled flight.