A new pandemic milestone has been written for COVID-19 in Prince George.
For the 20th time since the virus reached the region in March, a flight involving YXS Airport was flagged for exposure and its a first for the month of December.
Air Canada/Jazz flight 8208 with service to Vancouver on Wednesday (Dec. 16) has been listed by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) when travellers may have come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Passengers who sat in rows 14 through 20 are cited that those affected by the alert.
This is the fifth Air Canada flight departing or arriving in Prince George.
A WestJet flight (3287) on Oct. 22 from Vancouver to Prince George was also recently added to the BCCDC's list with rows three to nine possibly affected.
Since March 27, passengers seated near a case of COVID-19 that was recognized after arrival are no longer being directly notified of their potential exposure, but are asked to check online and monitor their symptoms.
The full list of flights is as follows:
- March 5 = Air Canada flight 8209 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows nine to 15
- March 12 = Central Mountain Air flight 9M728 from Prince George to Kelowna - rows not reported
- March 15 = Central Mountain Air flight 9M725 from Kelowna to Prince George - rows not reported
- Aug. 21 = Air Canada flight 8212 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows six to 12
- Aug. 24 = Flair Air flight 8711 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows 26 to 32
- Aug. 24 = Flair Air flight 8711 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 26 to 32
- Oct. 13 = Flair Air flight 8187 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 10 to 16
- Oct. 18 = Air Canada flight 8209 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows eight to 14
- Oct. 18 = Flair Air flight 8186 from Edmonton to Prince George - rows two to six
- Oct. 22 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows three to nine
- Oct. 31 = Flair Airlines flight 8186 from Edmonton to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 2 = Flair Airlines flight 8187 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 26 to 32
- Nov. 10 = Air Canada flight 8201 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows one to seven
- Nov. 23 = WestJet flight 3297 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet light 3277 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet flight 3282 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Nov. 26 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 27 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Dec. 16 = Air Canada/Jazz flight 8208 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows 14 to 20
As of this publication (Dec. 18), Northern Health has recorded 1,509 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, including 15 people who have died from the virus.
The overall number includes 419 active cases, 20 people in critical care among 45 total hospitalizations and 1,075 recoveries.
