The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control is notifying passengers of two more flights on which they could have been exposed to COVID-19 while on board.
Both Air Canada flight 111, which departed from Toronto and landed at Vancouver International Airport on Monday, July 13, and Air Canada flight 8073 - which left from Vancouver heading to Victoria the same day - were carrying passengers infected with COVID-19, the BCCDC announced Saturday.
All passengers who were aboard either aircraft are advised to self-isolate and self-monitor for symptoms for the 14 days following the flight.
We have added two more flights with potential #COVID19 exposure.
— BCCDC (@CDCofBC) July 18, 2020
- July 13: Air Canada - Toronto to Vancouver
- July 13: Air Canada - Vancouver to Victoria
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Saturday's advisory comes on the heels of several recent notifications from the BCCDC regarding flights that similarly shuttled passengers with COVID-19 to or from Vancouver this month.
Those flights include:
- July 5: WestJet 186, Vancouver to Edmonton
- July 5: Korean Air 071, Incheon, South Korea, to Vancouver
- July 6: American Airlines 1270, Dallas to Vancouver
- July 7: United Airlines 375, San Francisco to Vancouver
- July 8: Air Canada 311, Montreal to Vancouver
- July 5: Air Canada 224, Vancouver to Calgary (Rows 15 - 21)
- July 6: Air Canada 8421, Kelowna to Vancouver
