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More inbound flights to Vancouver flagged for possible COVID-19 exposure

Flights from San Francisco, Mexico City and Montreal have been flagged, as well as another flight from Kelowna to Edmonton.
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A plane is silhouetted as it takes off from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on May 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

The B.C. Centre for Disease control is warning passengers aboard four flights into Vancouver over possible exposure to COVID-19. 

Of those, two were inbound international flights, from Mexico City and San Francisco, and two were domestic, both from Montreal.

July 13: Air Canada 311,  Montreal to Vancouver

July 14: Air Canada 561, San Francisco to Vancouver

July 20: Air Canada 311, Montreal to Vancouver

July 22: Aeromexico 696 Mexico City to Vancouver (rows 19-25)

Another flight from Kelowna to Edmonton (July 13: Westjet 3312, rows 11-17) was also flagged for possible COVID-19 exposure.

Each flight  with at least one passenger onboard who was infected with the virus 

Two of the newly-flagged flights do not specify which rows of seats were exposed, a condition which triggers a warning to all passengers.

Anyone aboard these flights should self-isolate for a 14-day incubation period and monitor for symptoms. 

The flight is in addition to the following recently-flagged flights by the BC Centre for Disease Control and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

July 5: WestJet 186, Vancouver to Edmonton

July 5: Korean Air 071, Incheon (South Korea) to Vancouver

July 6: American Airlines 1270, Dallas to Vancouver

July 6: Air Canada 8421, Kelowna to Vancouver 

July 6: Air Canada 126, Vancouver to Calgary (rows 17-23)

July 7: United Airlines 375, San Francisco to Vancouver 

July 8: Air Canada 0064, Seoul to Vancouver

July 8: Aeromexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (rows 22 to 16)

July 8: Air Canada 311, Montreal to Vancouver

July 10: Delta 3569, Vancouver to Seattle

July 11: American Airlines 1415, Dallas to Vancouver

July 12: Air Canada 214, Vancouver to Calgary

July 13: Air Canada 111, Toronto to Vancouver 

July 13: Air Canada 8073, Vancouver to Victoria

July 13: Air Canada AC112, Vancouver for Toronto 

July 15: Aeromexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver (rows 23-29) 

July 17: Aeromexico 696, Mexico City to Vancouver

July 17: Air Canada 855, London to Vancouver (rows 26-32)