An additional team of worldwide flights land in Canada with COVID-19 patients

TORONTO —
An additional team of intercontinental flights have arrived in Canada with travellers who have now examined optimistic for COVID-19.

According to the federal authorities, extra than 35 fights have landed in Canada in between Aug. 1 and Aug. 13 that had passengers who examined good for COVID-19 right after arriving in the nation. 

At minimum 24 of the flights arrived in Toronto, twelve landed in Montreal, three in Vancouver and two in Calgary. 

Even with some airlines and vacation providers advertising and marketing international vacation all over again, the federal government is nevertheless advising Canadians from leaving the state for non-vital applications. 

For these who do, it is required to self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of whether or not they are encountering symptoms of COVID-19. 

Passengers are not notified right by federal public well being authorities to get tested, even though the governing administration acknowledges these onboard impacted flights “may have been exposed to COVID-19.”

Talking to CTVNews.ca final month, Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick explained that any person worried they could have been exposed to the sickness should really call their health care provider. 

“However, it is essential to understand the incidence of persons contracting a communicable disease inflight is really reduced. As evidence, take into account what are known as ‘cluster outbreaks,’ where by a team of persons agreement a ailment at the very same time and place. These are not often if at any time tied to modes of travel, whilst you usually see reviews of outbreaks arising from funerals, bars or other gatherings,” Fitzpatrick said. 

An Air Canada actuality sheet claims, “the good reasons for the apparently reduced rate of in-flight transmission are not fully identified but are assumed to involve a mix of the absence of experience-to-facial area speak to, and the actual physical obstacles offered by seat backs, alongside with the properties of cabin air flow.”

Pre-flight screening, temperature monitoring and required deal with coverings are “also found to be powerful.”

Each WestJet and Air Canada, two of the most significant airlines in North The usa, began selling their middle seats once again on July 1 following months in which the selection was eliminated to help in actual physical distancing.

The information and facts posted to the government’s website is supplied by provincial and territorial wellbeing authorities, international health authorities and public web page.

The data on the government’s web-site is current at the time a day.

The intercontinental flights considering that Aug. 1 with COVID-19 instances include:

• Air Transat flight TS831 from Punta Cana to Toronto on Aug. 1
• United Airways flight UA375 from San Francisco to Vancouver on Aug. 1
• Air Transat flight TS893 from Cancun to Montreal on Aug. 1
• Air France flight AF034 from Paris to Montreal on Aug. 1
• Air Canada flight AC1297 from Punta Cana to Montreal on Aug. 1
• Air Canada flight AC1241 from Cancun to Montreal on Aug. 1
• Pakistan International Airlines flight PK797 from Lahore to Toronto on Aug. 2
• Etihad Airways flight EY141 from Abu Dhabi to Toronto on Aug. 2
• Air Canada flight AC992 from Mexico Town to Toronto on Aug. 2
• Egypt Air flight MS995 from Cairo to Toronto on Aug. 2
• Ethiopian Airlines flight ETH552 from Addis Ababa to Toronto on Aug. 2
• American Airways flight AA1354 from Dallas to Calgary on Aug. 2
• United Airlines flight UA3488 from Newark to Toronto on Aug. 3
• Qatar Airways flight QR763 from Doha to Montreal on Aug. 3
• Air Canada flight AC7682 from Chicago to Toronto on Aug. 3
• Air France flight AF348 from Paris to Montreal on Aug. 3
• Air Canada flight AC849 from London to Toronto on Aug. 4
• Faucet Air Portugal flight TP253 from Lisbon to Montreal on Aug 4.
• Delta Airlines flight DL7203 from Atlanta to Calgary on Aug 4.
• American Airways flight AA4719 from Philadelphia to Montreal on Aug. 4
• Air Canada flight AC873 from Frankfurt to Toronto on Aug. 4
• Air Canada flight AC879 from Switzerland to Toronto on Aug 4.
• Air Canada flight AC870 from Montreal to Paris on Aug 4.
• AeroMexico flight AM680 from Mexico Metropolis to Montreal on Aug 4.
• Lufthansa flight LH492 from Frankfurt to Vancouver flight LH492 on Aug. 5
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight KL671 from Amsterdam to Montreal on Aug. 5
• Air Canada flight AC8021 from New Jersey to Toronto on Aug. 5
• Air Canada flight AC7682 from Chicago to Toronto on Aug. 5
• Air India flight AI187 from Delhi to Toronto on Aug. 6
• Air Canada flight AC873 from Frankfurt to Toronto on Aug. 6
• AeroMexico flight AM68 from Mexico Town to Montreal on Aug. 6
• Good deal Polish Airways flight LO45 Warsaw to Toronto on Aug. 7
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight KL691 from Amsterdam to Toronto on Aug. 7
• Ethiopian Airways flight ET552 from Addis Ababa to Toronto on Aug. 7
• Air Canada flight AC873 from Frankfurt to Toronto on Aug 7
• AeroMexico flight AM696 from Mexico Town to Vancouver on Aug. 7
• Air India flight IA187 from Delhi to Toronto on Aug. 8
• Air Canada flight AC873 from Frankfurt to Toronto on Aug. 8
• Air Canada flight AC1295 from Aruba to Toronto on Aug 8.
• Air India flight AI1143 from Delhi to Vancouver on Aug. 9
• Air Canada flight AC1255 from Kingston to Toronto on Aug. 10
• Air Canada flight AC905 from Athens to Montreal on Aug. 10
• Air Canada flight AC992 from Mexico Town to Toronto on Aug. 13