Coronavirus exposure identified on more Montreal flights

Aug 4 2020, 1:54 pm

Passengers on seven international flights that touched down in Montreal could have been exposed to COVID-19, according to the Government of Canada.

Six domestic flights that departed from Montreal and three that landed at YUL could also have led to a virus exposure.

On the government’s website, officials have updated a list that features which flights with confirmed coronavirus cases have arrived or departed from Montreal.

Most recently a flight departing from Moncton (AC8903) was added to the list as well as an international flight from Doha (QR763).

All of Montreal’s international flights with at least one confirmed COVID-19 case has had its affected rows identified.

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Air Canada has nine total flights that departed from or arrived in Montreal with at least one confirmed case. Affected rows were identified in most cases except for a July 21 flight (AC419) that laded in Toronto and a July 20 flight (AC305) that touched down in Vancouver.

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The information is collected through provincial, territorial, and international health authorities and public websites.

Travellers are reminded that they are to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry into Canada.

“This is mandatory, whether or not you have symptoms,” the government states.

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