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Two flights landing in Victoria added to COVID-19 exposures list

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The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has added two new Victoria flights to their list of COVID-19 public exposure sites.

The first flight departed from Kelowna on February 22nd bound for Victoria.

The second flight departed from Victoria on February 24th to Kelowna.

Both were Pacific Coastal Airlines flights.

It’s unclear whether both flights were taken by the same individual.

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.

Symptoms to watch for include headaches, muscle aches and fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and loss of appetite, fever or chills, shortness of breath, sore throat and cough or worsening chronic cough.

As of this publication, there are 272 active COVID-19 cases in the Island Health region.

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