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Over the course of five days, the BC Centre for Disease control has identified 65 flights coming into Vancouver with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
In a series of tweets published on Jan. 9, 10 and 13, the public health agency warned passengers that they may have been exposed to COVID-19 while travelling aboard the following flights:
- Dec. 28: Air Canada 1231, Puerto Vallarta to Vancouver (Affected rows 1-4)
- Dec. 29: AeroMexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (Affected rows 3-15)
- Dec. 30: Air Canada 116, Vancouver to Toronto (Affected rows 33-39)
- Dec. 30: Flair 8134, Vancouver to Toronto (Affected rows 12-18)
- Dec. 30: Air Canada 116, Vancouver to Toronto (Affected rows 33-39)
- Dec. 31: Air Canada 107, Toronto to Vancouver (Affected rows 3-7 and 30-36)
- Dec. 31: Air Canada/Jazz 8576, Vancouver to Saskatoon (Affected rows 22-28)
- Dec. 31: Flair 8712, Prince George to Vancouver (Affected rows 13-19)
- Jan. 1: WestJet 711, Toronto to Vancouver (Affected rows 30-36)
- Jan. 1: Air Canada/Jazz 8576, Vancouver to Saskatoon (Affected rows 22-27)
- Jan. 1: WestJet 3282, Prince George to Vancouver (Affected rows 3-9)
- Jan. 2: AeroMexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (Affected rows 21-30)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 45, Delhi to Vancouver (Affected rows 2-8)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 106, Vancouver to Toronto (Affected rows 50-55)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 202, Vancouver to Calgary (Affected rows 1-4 and 12-14)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 228: Vancouver to Calgary (Affected rows 19-25)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 45, Delhi to Vancouver (Affected rows 2-8)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 106, Vancouver to Toronto (Affected rows 50-55)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 202, Vancouver to Calgary (Affected rows 1-4 and 12-14)
- Jan. 3 Air Canada 195, Toronto to Victoria (Affected rows 19-25)
- Jan. 3 Air Canada/Jazz 8572, Vancouver to Regina (Affected rows 13-19)
- Jan. 3 WestJet 3387, Calgary to Kelowna (Affected rows 1-6)
- Jan. 3: Air Canada 228, Vancouver to Calgary (Affected rows 19-25)
- Jan. 3: Delta/WestJet 6329/3295, Calgary to Victoria (Affected rows 10-16)
- Jan. 4: Air Canada 115, Toronto to Vancouver (Affected rows 40-46)
- Jan. 4: KLM 681, Amsterdam to Vancouver (Affected rows 17-26 and 33-39)
- Jan. 4: Swoop Airlines 106, Abbotsford to Hamilton (Affected rows 18-24)
- Jan. 4: Swoop Airlines 410, Toronto to Kelowna (Affected rows 25-31)
- Jan. 4: WestJet 706, Vancouver to Toronto (Affected rows 13-19)
- Jan. 4: Air Canada 221, Calgary to Vancouver (Affected rows 28-33)
- Jan. 4: Air Canada 555, Los Angeles to Vancouver (Affected rows 16-22 and 25-29)
- Jan. 4: United Airlines 1614, Denver to Vancouver (Affected rows not reported)
- Jan. 4: Air Canada 311, Montreal to Vancouver (Affected rows 37-42)
- Jan. 4: WestJet 3315, Calgary to Comox (Affected rows 12-18)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 244, Vancouver to Edmonton (Affected rows 25-31)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 302, Vancouver to Montreal (Affected rows 39-45)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 567, San Francisco to Vancouver (Affected rows 12-16)
- Jan. 5: United Airlines 1641, Denver to Vancouver (Affected rows 4-16)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 8084, Seattle to Vancouver (Affected rows 8-14)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 8414, Vancouver to Kelowna (Affected rows 4-10)
- Jan. 5: Delta 3702 Seattle to Vancouver (Affected rows 14-20)
- Jan. 5: AeroMexico 694, Mexico City to Vancouver (Affected rows 5-21)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 107, Toronto to Vancouver (Affected rows 31-37)
- Jan. 5: Air Canada 302, Vancouver to Montreal (Affected rows 39-45)
- Jan. 5: AeroMexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (Affected rows 6-10 and 19-25)
- Jan. 6: AeroMexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (Affected rows not reported)
- Jan. 6: KLM 681, Amsterdam to Vancouver (Affected rows 17-26 and 33-39)
- Jan. 6 Air Canada 205, Calgary to Vancouver (Affected rows 20-26)
- Jan. 7: Air Canada 202, Vancouver to Calgary (Affected rows 17-22)
- Jan. 7: Air Canada 8577, Saskatoon to Vancouver (Affected rows 14-20)
- Jan. 7: WestJet 3103, Calgary to Nanaimo (Affected rows 16-20)
- Jan. 7: Air Canada 1125, Toronto to Kelowna (Affected rows 3-4 and 12-16)
- Jan. 7: Air Canada/Jazz 8618, Vancouver to Winnipeg (Affected rows 12-18)
- Jan. 7: American Airlines 1539, Dallas to Vancouver (Affected rows 8-11)
- Jan. 7: WestJet 3231, Calgary to Abbotsford (Affected rows 13-19)
- Jan. 8: Aeromexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (Affected rows 25-30)
- Jan. 8 Air Canada 107, Toronto to Vancouver (Affected rows 23-29)
With the number of new COVID-19 cases remaining in the hundreds each day, B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry implemented new orders last month instructing British Columbians to avoid any non-essential travel outside their home communities. As of this week, those orders have been extended until at least Feb. 5.