Another five flights were flagged for possible COVID-19 exposures this week.
According to the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), flights that were added to its list of public exposures included both domestic and international flights from Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Mexico City and Montreal.
The affected flights are:
Nov. 23: WestJet flight 3101, from Calgary to Fort St. John (affected rows not reported)
Nov. 26: Flair flight 8513, from Toronto to Vancouver (via Saskatoon) (affected rows: 26 to 32)
Dec 3: WestJet flight 141, from Edmonton to Vancouver (affected rows: five to 11)
Dec. 4: Aeromexico flight 696, from Mexico City to Vancouver (affected rows not reported)
Dec. 4: Air Canada flight 305, from Montreal to Vancouver (affected rows: one to three)
Passengers seated in the affected rows “should be considered to be at higher risk of exposure due to their proximity to the case,” reads BCCDC’s website.
BCCDC is asking all domestic flight passengers to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days if they were on a flight with a confirmed case of the COVID-19 as it will no longer be directly notifying passengers seated near a case of the virus.
Travellers arriving in B.C. from outside of Canada are required to complete the federal ArriveCAN application digitally before entering Canada and must self-isolate for 14 days and monitored for symptoms upon their arrival under the federal Quarantine Act.
The Government of Canada currently states that travel outside of the country should be avoided until further notice due to the pandemic.
A travel advisory from the government also notes that “This advisory overrides other risk levels on this page, with the exception of any risk levels for countries or regions where we advise to avoid all travel."
