The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning of possible COVID-19 exposures on 48 more flights through B.C. airports.
The flights added to the online list of public exposures between Mar. 14 and 24 included 15 international and 33 domestic flights.
The affected flights are:
- Feb. 27: Air Canada 311, from Montreal to Vancouver
- Mar. 4: Air Canada 123, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 5: Air Canada 301, from Montreal to Vancouver
- Mar. 6: Air Canada 216, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 6: Air Canada/Jazz 8209, from Vancouver to Prince George
- Mar. 7: Swoop 183, from Edmonton to Abbotsford
- Mar. 7: Air Canada 116, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 8: Air Canada 306, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 8: WestJet 720 from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 8: Air Canada/Jazz 8564, from Vancouver to Smithers
- Mar. 9: Air Canada/Jazz 8550, from Vancouver to Regina
- Mar. 9: WestJet 139, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 10: Air Canada 63, from Vancouver to Seoul
- Mar. 10: WestJet 112, from Vancouver to Calgary
- Mar. 10: Air Canada 314, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 10: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 11: Lufthansa Air 492, from Frankfurt to Vancouver
- Mar. 11: Philippines Air Lines 116, from Manila to Vancouver
- Mar. 11: Air Canada 215, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 12: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 12: Air Canada 185, Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 12: Sunwing 2858, from Mexico City to Vancouver
- Mar. 12: Air Canada 314, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 12: Air Canada 311, from Montreal to Vancouver
- Mar. 12: WestJet 141, from Edmonton to Vancouver
- Mar. 12: WestJet 274, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 14: Air Canada 242, Vancouver to Edmonton
- Mar. 14: Air Canada 45, Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 14: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 14: Air Canada 106, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 14: Air Canada 124, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 14: WestJet 164, from Vancouver to Edmonton
- Mar. 15: Air Canada/Jazz 8181, from Vancouver to Fort St. John
- Mar. 15: WestJet 3307, from Fort St. John to Calgary
- Mar. 15: Air Canada 225, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 15: Air Canada 242, from Vancouver to Edmonton
- Mar. 16: Air Canada 8245, from Terrace to Vancouver
- Mar. 16: Swoop 182, from Abbotsford to Edmonton
- Mar. 17: Air Canada/Jazz 8182, Fort St. John to Vancouver
- Mar. 17: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 17: Air Canada 63, from Vancouver to Seoul
- Mar. 17: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 18: WestJet 711, from Vancouver to Kelowna
- Mar. 18: WestJet 3220, from Vancouver to Kelowna
- Mar. 19: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 20: Air Canada 106, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 21: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 21: Air Canada 551, from Los Angeles to Vancouver
Passengers seated in the affected rows – listed when available – 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.
New international travel restrictions
The federal government announced new rules last month in a bid to discourage not-essential, international travel, and Canada’s main airlines agreed to suspend service to Mexico and the Caribbean.
Travellers are now required to take a COVID-19 molecular test at the airport after arriving in Canada and must book a government-authorized hotel for three nights, where they will stay while they await their arrival test results. Travellers will have to pay for their own hotel expenses and must book the hotel prior to their boarding their return flight.
This is in addition to the pre-flight testing for international travellers put in place on Jan. 7.
So far, the government has authorized three hotels in Richmond, near the airport, for the three-night stay: the Westin Wall Centre Vancouver Airport, the Radisson Vancouver Airport and the Fairmont Vancouver Airport.
More hotels will be added to the list in the coming days, according to the federal government.
International flights are only able to land at four airports across the country: Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto.
-With files from Kirsten Clarke/Richmond News
