Passengers on a handful of recent Vancouver Island flights are being warned about possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has added eight Island flights to its COVID-19 exposure list since Sunday.
Four of the flights added to the list are linked to Nanaimo, three of the flights are linked to Victoria and one flight is linked to Campbell River.
The eight flights with exposures are listed below:
– Pacific Coastal Airlines 701 from Vancouver to Campbell River on Sept. 5 (affected rows 1-7)
– Pacific Coastal Airlines 119 from Vancouver to Victoria on Sept. 1 (affected rows not reported)
– Harbour Air 1130 from Nanaimo to Vancouver on Sept. 1 (affected rows not reported)
– WestJet 3057 from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Sept. 1 (affected rows 4-10)
– Harbour Air 1129 from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Aug. 31 (affected rows not reported)
– Air Canada/Jazz 8061 from Vancouver to Victoria on Aug. 31 (affected rows 9-15)
– WestJet 3026 from Nanaimo to Vancouver on Aug. 30 (affected rows 1-6)
– WestJet 3260 from Victoria to Kelowna on Aug. 26 (affected rows not reported)
The BCCDC has resumed notifying the public over social media about flight exposures following a brief hiatus.
Those 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, says the BCCDC.
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.
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