The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is warning of possible COVID-19 exposures on 67 more flights through B.C. airports.
The flights were added to BCCDC's online list of public exposures between April 14 and April 21, which included 21 international and 46 domestic flights.
The affected flights are:
- April 18: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 17: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 16: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 15: Air Canada 115, from Toronto to Vancouver
- April 14: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 14: Air Canada 103, from Toronto to Vancouver
- April 14: Sunwing 2852, from Mexico City to Vancouver
- April 14: Air Canada 8543, from Regina to Vancouver
- April 14: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 14: American Airlines 2263, from Dallas to Vancouver
- April 13: Air Canada 201, from Calgary to Vancouver
- April 13: Air Canada 224, from Vancouver to Calgary
- April 13: Swoop 183, from Edmonton to Abbotsford
- April 12: WestJet 3116, from Victoria to Calgary
- April 12: Air Canada/Jazz 8839, from San Francisco to Vancouver
- April 12: All Nippon Airways 115, from Vancouver to Tokyo
- April 12: Air Canada 202, from Vancouver to Calgary
- April 12: Air Canada 2264, from Fort St. John to Nanaimo
- April 12: Air Canada/Jazz 8550, from Vancouver to Regina
- April 11: Swoop 183, from Toronto to Abbotsford
- April 11: WestJet 3112, from Victoria to Calgary
- April 11: Delta Airlines 3702, from Seattle to Vancouver
- April 11: Air Canada 224, from Vancouver to Calgary
- April 11: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 11: American Airlines 392, from Vancouver to Dallas
- April 11: WestJet 136, from Vancouver to Calgary
- April 11: WestJet 3113, from Calgary to Victoria
- April 11: WestJet 3176, from Abbotsford to Calgary
- April 11: Air Canada/Jazz 8239, from Terrace to Vancouver
- April 11: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 11: United Airlines 5222, from Vancouver to San Francisco
- April 11: Air Canada 202, from Vancouver to Calgary
- April 10, American Airlines 2263, from Dallas to Vancouver
- April 9: Air Canada 215, from Calgary to Vancouver
- April 9: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 9: Air India 185, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 9: WestJet 3106, from Terrace to Vancouver
- April 9: WestJet 3172, from Comox to Calgary
- April 8: WestJet 139, from Calgary to Vancouver
- April 8: WestJet 3110, from Kelowna to Calgary
- April 8: Air Canada 104, from Vancouver to Toronto
- April 8: Air Canada 305, from Montreal to Vancouver
- April 7: WestJet 139, from Calgary to Vancouver
- April 7: Air Canada/Jazz 8302, from Victoria to Vancouver
- April 7: Air Canada/Jazz 8242, from Vancouver to Terrace
- April 7: Air Canada/Jazz 8622, from Vancouver to Winnipeg
- April 7: Air Canada 225, from Calgary to Vancouver
- April 7: Air Canada 302, from Vancouver to Montreal
- April 7: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 7: Air Canada/Jazz 8550, from Vancouver to Fort St. John
- April 6: Air Canada 128, from Vancouver to Toronto
- April 6: Air Canada 314, from Vancouver to Montreal
- April 5: Air Canada 127, from Toronto to Vancouver
- April 5: WestJet 171, from Edmonton to Vancouver
- April 5: Flair 8822, from Vancouver to Calgary
- April 5: Air Canada 305, from Montreal to Vancouver
- April 4: WestJet 4475, from Calgary to Kelowna
- April 4: American Airlines 392, from Vancouver to Dallas
- April 4: WestJet 3320, from Vancouver to Kelowna
- April 4: WestJet 3342, from Calgary to Kelowna
- April 4: WestJet 4475, from Calgary to Kelowna
- April 4: Air Canada 45, from Delhi to Vancouver
- April 3: Air Canada 7, from Vancouver to Hong Kong
- April 2: WestJet 3325, from Kelowna to Vancouver
- April 2: Air Canada 127, from Toronto to Vancouver
- April 1: WestJet 290, from Vancouver to Fort St. John
- April 1: WestJet 292, from Vancouver to Fort St. John
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
