A trio of flights between Christmas and New Year's involving Prince George may have been exposed to COVID-19.
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has listed three routes on three different airlines this evening (Jan. 7), including two arriving at YXS and one departing from the local airport.
Passengers on Air Canada's Boxing Day (Dec. 26) flight 8213 from Vancouver to YXS, WestJet flight 3277 from Vancouver to YXS on Dec. 30 and Flair Airlines' New Year's Eve (Dec. 31) flight 8712 from Prince George to YVR are being asked to self-monitor themselves for potential symptoms.
Rows seven to 13 are impacted for the Air Canada service, and rows 13 to 19 for both WestJet and Flair.
The full list of flights involving Prince George's airport flagged by the BCCDC is as follows:
- March 5 = Air Canada flight 8209 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows nine to 15
- March 12 = Central Mountain Air flight 9M728 from Prince George to Kelowna - rows not reported
- March 15 = Central Mountain Air flight 9M725 from Kelowna to Prince George - rows not reported
- Aug. 21 = Air Canada flight 8212 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows six to 12
- Aug. 24 = Flair Air flight 8711 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows 26 to 32
- Aug. 24 = Flair Air flight 8711 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 26 to 32
- Oct. 13 = Flair Air flight 8187 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 10 to 16
- Oct. 18 = Air Canada flight 8209 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows eight to 14
- Oct. 18 = Flair Air flight 8186 from Edmonton to Prince George - rows two to six
- Oct. 22 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows three to nine
- Oct. 31 = Flair Airlines flight 8186 from Edmonton to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 2 = Flair Airlines flight 8187 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 26 to 32
- Nov. 10 = Air Canada flight 8201 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows one to seven
- Nov. 23 = WestJet flight 3297 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet light 3277 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet flight 3282 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Nov. 26 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 27 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Dec. 16 = Air Canada/Jazz flight 8208 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows 14 to 20
- Dec. 16 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows 16-19
- Dec. 18 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George – rows 15 -19
- Dec. 18 = Air Canada/Jazz flight 8208 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows one to four
- Dec. 19 = WestJet flight 3290 flight from Prince George to Vancouver - rows four to 10
- Dec. 26 = Air Canada flight 8213 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Dec. 30 = WestJet flight 3277 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Dec. 31 = Flair Airlines flight 8712 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
Since March 27, 2020, passengers seated near a case of COVID-19 that was recognized after arrival are no longer being directly notified of their potential exposure, but are asked to check online and monitor their symptoms.
Today, 64 new COVID-19 infections were reported in Northern Health for a regional total of 2,338 since the pandemic began.
This includes 32 virus-linked deaths, 16 people in critical care among 38 hospitalizations, and 1,859 recoveries.
