People On 3 Recent Flights To Vancouver May Have Been Exposed To COVID-19

Passengers won't be contacted directly.
COVID-19 Exposure On Flights To Vancouver: 3 Recent Flights Have Been Flagged
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B.C. Health officials are warning passengers of potential COVID-19 exposure on flights to Vancouver.

Three recent flights have been flagged between June 16 and June 21.

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  •  Air Canada flight 217 from Saskatoon on June 16.
  •  Air Canada flight 557 from Los Angeles on June 18.
  •  Flair Airlines flight 8102 from Toronto on June 21.

CTV News

While the seat numbers aren’t being released and people who were aboard the flights won’t be contacted directly, everyone has been asked to self-isolate for two weeks.

The two-week self-isolation period for passengers begins on the day they arrived in B.C. 

Anyone flying into the province is advised to keep an eye on the BC Centre for Disease Control's website for potential exposures such as this. 

Via CTV News 

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