6 recent Vancouver Island flights added to province’s COVID-19 exposure list

6 recent Vancouver Island flights added to province's COVID-19 exposure list
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Passengers who were on a handful of recent Island flights are being warned about possible exposure to COVID-19.

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has added six recent Vancouver Island flights to its COVID-19 exposure list. Three of the flights are linked to Nanaimo while the other three are linked to Victoria.

The six affected flights are listed below:

  • Air Canada/Jazz flight 8555 from Calgary to Victoria on Oct. 13 (affected rows are 3-9)
  • WestJet flight 3355 from Vancouver to Victoria on Oct. 12 (affected rows are 2-8)
  • Air Canada/Jazz flight 8265 from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Oct. 10 (affected rows are 4-10)
  • Air Canada/Jazz flight 8261 from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Oct. 10 (affected rows are 1-5)
  • WestJet flight 3025 from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Oct. 7 (affected rows are 1-7)
  • WestJet flight 3114 from Victoria to Vancouver on Oct. 2 (affected rows are 14-20)

BCCDC says passengers who were on a flight that has been added to the province’s COVID-19 exposure list should self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days and those who were sitting in rows identified are considered to be at a higher risk of exposure due to their proximity.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, chills, cough or worsening of chronic cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss of sense of smell or taste, runny nose, headache and fatigue.

The addition of six flights to the province’s COVID exposure list brings the total number of Island flights with reported exposures this year to 172.

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