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B.C. Centre for Disease Control advisory includes two new domestic and two international flights
CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2020
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is advising the public of two new domestic flights into Vancouver — one from Kelowna and one from Montreal — that had a passenger infected with COVID-19.
The updates were made to the agency’s public exposures website on Monday.
The flights are:
- Air Canada flight 8421 from Kelowna to Vancouver, July 6.
- Air Canada flight 311 from Montreal to Vancouver, July 8.
There have also been two international flights into B.C. this month with COVID-19 exposure advisories, according to BCCDC:
- American Airline flight 1270 from Dallas to Vancouver, July 6.
- United Airlines flight 375 from San Francisco to Vancouver, July 7.
According the BCCDC, passengers should self-isolate and monitor for symptoms for 14 days following the flight.
Passengers aboard international flights into British Columbia must self-isolate and monitor for symptoms for 14 days under the Quarantine Act.
The agency says B.C. health officials stopped directly notifying passengers of COVID-19 contacts on domestic flights March 27. Instead passengers should refer to the public exposures list online for the latest information.