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COVID-19 exposures noted on flights to and from Vancouver
By Hannah Scott, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Published 4:50 PDT, Wed August 19, 2020
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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There have been a number of COVID-19 exposures on flights into and out of Vancouver International Airport this month.
The following flights departing from or arriving at Vancouver International Airport have been identified by the BC Centre for Disease Control as having at least one case of COVID-19 onboard:
• Aug. 1: Air Canada flight 304 from Vancouver to Montreal (rows 36-42)
• Aug. 1: United Airlines flight 375 from San Francisco to Vancouver (rows 25-29)
• Aug. 2: Air Canada flight 210 from Vancouver to Calgary (rows not reported)
• Aug. 3: WestJet flight 714 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 7-13)
• Aug. 3: WestJet flight 720 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 4-10)
• Aug. 3: Flair flight 8101 from Vancouver to Calgary (rows 20-26)
• Aug. 3: Air Canada flight 224 from Vancouver to Calgary (rows 20-26)
• Aug. 3: KLM flight 682 from Vancouver to Amsterdam (rows 38-44)
• Aug. 3: Air Canada flight 561 from San Francisco to Vancouver (rows 18-24)
• Aug. 5: Air Canada flight 296 from Vancouver to Winnipeg (rows 14-20)
• Aug. 5: Lufthansa flight 492 from Frankfurt to Vancouver (rows 19-25)
• Aug. 6: Flair flight 8101 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 19-25)
• Aug. 7: Air Canada flight 128 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 19-25)
• Aug. 7: Air Canada flight 122 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows not reported)
• Aug. 7: Aeromexico flight 696 from Mexico City to Vancouver (rows 14-20)
• Aug. 8: WestJet flight 123 from Calgary to Vancouver (rows 25-30)
• Aug. 8: Air Canada flight 128 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 18-23)
• Aug. 9: WestJet flight 171 from Edmonton to Vancouver (rows 23-29)
• Aug. 9: Air Canada flight 8328 from Vancouver to Winnipeg (rows 21-27)
• Aug. 9: Air Canada flight 243 from Edmonton to Vancouver (rows 2-4 and 12-15)
• Aug. 9: Air India flight 1143 from New Delhi to Vancouver (rows not reported)
• Aug. 10: WestJet flight 720 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 24-30)
• Aug. 10: WestJet flight 141 from Edmonton to Vancouver (rows 17-23)
• Aug. 10: Air Canada flight 116 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 7-13)
• Aug. 11: WestJet flight 720 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 4-11)
• Aug. 11: Air Canada flight 116 from Vancouver to Toronto (rows 39-45)
Passengers on a domestic flight with a COVID-19 case should self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days. Passengers who have travelled outside of Canada must self-isolate and monitor for symptoms for 14 days.
For a full list of public exposures in BC, click here.
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