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BCCDC issues COVID-19 exposure alert for Air Canada flight to Victoria

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The BCCDC has issued a new COVID-19 exposure alert for an Air Canada flight that landed in Victoria earlier this month.

Passengers travelling on Air Canada flight 195 on October 15 from Toronto to Victoria are advised to be aware that they may have been exposed to the virus.

In particular, those seated in rows 17 – 23 are at risk of contracting the illness.

Affected travellers are asked to monitor their symptoms for 14 days and call 8-1-1 to get tested if they do develop symptoms of the virus.

Since late March, the BCCDC has not been contacting passengers who sat near a confirmed patient during their flight.

Instead all travellers must check their website to find out whether they have been exposed to the virus.

Since the beginning of June, multiple international and domestic flights have landed in or departed from Vancouver and Victoria with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

This advisory comes hot on the heels of two other flights that landed in Victoria earlier this month with COVID-19 exposure alerts in place.

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Brishti Basu
Former Senior Staff Writer and Content Manager at Victoria Buzz.

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