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Two more flights came through YVR with COVID-19, warn health officials

Both Air Canada flights occurred on July 13
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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 BC Centre for Disease Control is warning passengers aboard two flights through Vancouver over possible exposure to COVID-19. 

Both Air Canada flights passed through YVR on July 13:

Air Canada 111, Toronto to Vancouver 

Air Canada 8073, Vancouver to Victoria

The public health agency flags flights for public advisories when at least one passenger has been found to have COVID-19. 

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

The flights are in addition to the following recently flagged by the BCCDC:

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 7: United Airlines 375, San Francisco to Vancouver 

July 8: Air Canada 311, Montreal to Vancouver