The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning of possible COVID-19 exposures on 56 more flights through B.C. airports.
The flights added to BCCDC's online list of public exposures between Mar. 31 and Apr. 7 included 7 international and 49 domestic flights.
The affected flights are:
- Mar. 17: Air Canada 242, from Vancouver to Edmonton
- Mar. 20: Air Canada 212, from Vancouver to Calgary
- Mar. 21: Air Canada 215, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 21: Air Canada 306, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 22: Air Canada/Jazz 8239, from Terrace to Vancouver
- Mar. 22: Air Canada/Jazz 8261, from Vancouver to Nanaimo
- Mar. 22: Air Canada 225, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 23: Air Canada/Air New Zealand 554/4605, from Vancouver to Los Angeles
- Mar. 23: Air Canada/Jazz 8550, from Vancouver to Regina
- Mar. 24: Air Canada 123, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 25: Air Canada 305, from Montreal to Vancouver
- Mar. 25: Philippine Airlines 116, from Manila to Vancouver
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 106, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 202, from Vancouver to Calgary
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 26: Air Canada/Jazz 8256, from Vancouver to Nanaimo
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 241, from Edmonton to Vancouver
- Mar. 26: Air Canada/Jazz 8261, from Vancouver to Nanaimo
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 212, from Vancouver to Calgary
- Mar. 26: Harbour Air Seaplanes 611, from Vancouver to Nanaimo
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 123, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 26: Air Canada 124, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 26: WestJet 3308, from Calgary to Fort St. John
- Mar. 26: Sunwing 2860, from Mexico City to Vancouver
- Mar. 27: Air Canada 115, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 27: Air Canada/Jazz 8182, from Fort St. John to Vancouver
- Mar. 27: Air Canada 306, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 28: Air Canada 115, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 28: Air Canada 8211, from Vancouver to Prince George
- Mar. 28: Air Canada 212, from Vancouver to Calgary
- Mar. 28: Air Canada 301, from Montreal to Vancouver
- Mar. 28: WestJet 709, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 28: Air Canada 306, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 29: Air Canada 103, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 29: Air Canada 301, from Montreal to Vancouver
- Mar. 29: WestJet 706, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Mar. 29: WestJet 139, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Mar. 29: Air Canada 233, from Edmonton to Vancouver
- Mar. 30: Air Canada 7, from Vancouver to Hong Kong
- Mar. 30: Air Canada 103, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Mar. 30: Air Canada/Jazz 8543, from Regina to Vancouver
- Mar. 30: Air Canada 306, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 31: Air Canada 306, from Vancouver to Montreal
- Mar. 31: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- Mar. 31: United Airlines 5689, from San Francisco to Vancouver
- Mar. 31: Air Canada/Jazz 2279, from Terrace to Vancouver
- Mar. 31: Air Canada 115, from Toronto to Vancouver
- Apr. 1: Air Canada 103: from Toronto to Vancouver
- Apr. 1: Air Canada 8413, from Kelowna to Vancouver
- Apr. 1: Air Canada 234, from Vancouver to Edmonton
- Apr. 1: WestJet 3290, from Prince George to Vancouver
- Apr. 1: Air Canada 215, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Apr. 1: Air Canada 223, from Calgary to Vancouver
- Apr. 1: Air Canada 8079, from Vancouver to Victoria
- Apr. 2: WestJet 706, from Vancouver to Toronto
- Apr. 2: flair Airlines 8821, from Calgary 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
