More coronavirus exposures detected on Vancouver flights

An Air Canada flight. (Philip Pilosian/Shutterstock)

Additional flights out of the YVR Vancouver International Airport have been identified as having potential exposure to COVID-19.

The BC Centre for Disease Control has added several flights to its list of public exposures. Two domestic exposures have been added, both of which were Air Canada flights from Montreal to Vancouver. One flight, which took place on July 20, was affected between rows 20 and 24; the other flight took place on July 24 and had exposures between rows one and four, and 12 to 14.

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An international flight has also been identified. On July 26, an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong saw an exposure between rows 22 and 28.

To date, there have been 29 identified flights over the month of July with potential exposure to coronavirus.

Domestic:

Airline	Flight Number	Date	Origin	Destination	Affected Rows
WestJet	460	July 2	Kelowna	Calgary	N/A
WestJet	348	July 5	Kelowna	Edmonton	N/A
WestJet	186	July 5	Vancouver	Edmonton	N/A
Air Canada	8421	July 6	Kelowna	Vancouver	N/A
WestJet	126	July 6	Vancouver	Calgary	17 to 23
Air Canada	311	July 8	Montreal	Vancouver	12 to 18
Air Canada	214	July 12	Vancouver	Calgary	25 to 31
Air Canada	111	July 13	Toronto	Vancouver	N/A
Air Canada	8073	July 13	Vancouver	Victoria	N/A
Air Canada	311	July 13	Montreal	Vancouver	N/A
Air Canada	112	July 13	Vancouver	Toronto	27 to 33
Air Canada	128	July 15	Vancouver	Toronto	N/A
WestJet	720	July 18	Vancouver	Toronto	16 to 22
Air Canada	305	July 20	Montreal	Vancouver	34 to 37
Air Canada	311	July 24	Montreal	Vancouver	1 to 4; 12 to 14

International:

Airline	Flight Number	Date	Origin	Destination	Affected Rows
Korean Air	071	July 5	Incheon	Vancouver	32 to 38
American Airlines	1270	July 6	Dallas	Vancouver	N/A
United Airlines	375	July 7	San Francisco	Vancouver	19 to 25
Aeromexico	696	July 8	Mexico City	Vancouver	16 to 22
Air Canada	0064	July 8	Seoul	Vancouver	26 to 32
Delta	3569	July 10	Vancouver	Seattle	N/A
American Airlines	1415	July 11	Dallas	Vancouver	N/A
Air Canada	561	July 14	San Francisco	Vancouver	N/A
Aeromexico	696	July 15	Mexico City	Vancouver	23 to 29
All Nippon Airlines	116	July 15	Tokyo	Vancouver	N/A
Aeromexico	696	July 17	Mexico City	Vancouver	N/A
Air Canada	855	July 17	London	Vancouver	26 to 32
AeroMexico	696	July 22	Mexico City	Vancouver	19 to 25
Air Canada	007	July 26	Vancouver	Hong Kong	22 to 28

Any passengers who flew on these flights are asked to self-isolate and monitor for symptoms for 14 days following the flight.

As per the federal government, if you think you might have coronavirus, use the self-assessment tool to find out what to do. And always follow the recommendations of your local public health authority.

Last week, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry warned that British Columbia could be in for explosive growth in new coronavirus cases if residents aren’t careful.

“We do have a possibility of having explosive growth in our outbreak here in BC if we are not careful in how we progress over the summer,” she said. “We’re now on an edge that might go up but is in our hands to control.”

With files from Megan Devlin