Passengers aboard flights from Kelowna, Montreal warned of COVID-19 exposure

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is advising the public of two new domestic flights into Vancouver one from Kelowna and one from Montreal that had a passenger infected with COVID-19.

The updates were made to the agency's public exposures website on Monday.

The flights are:

• Air Canada flight 8421 from Kelowna to Vancouver, July 6.
• Air Canada flight 311 from Montreal to Vancouver, July 8.

There havealso been two international flights into B.C. this month with COVID-19 exposure advisories, according to BCCDC:

• American Airline flight 1270 from Dallas to Vancouver, July 6.
• United Airlines flight 375 from San Francisco to Vancouver, July 7.

According the BCCDC, passengers should self-isolate and monitor for symptoms for 14 days following the flight.

Passengers aboard international flights into British Columbia must self-isolate and monitor for symptoms for 14 days under the Quarantine Act.

The agency saysB.C. health officials stopped directly notifying passengers of COVID-19 contacts on domestic flights March 27. Insteadpassengers should refer to the public exposures list online for the latest information.