People are being informed that a passenger on a WestJet flight from Calgary to Kamloops on Saturday has tested positive for COVID-19.
That’s according to the BC Centre for Disease Control, in a bulletin issued today.
The passenger was on flight WS 3241, and the BC CDC says it has contacted people who were sitting near the infected person. Those people are asked to self-isolate for 14 days, and monitor their symptoms.
The details on the person’s condition is not clear at this time, nor where they live.
The BC CDC is also advising people of potential COVID-19 exposure on several flights between March 5 and March 21. The other scenarios involve flights between Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Victoria, Prince George, and Toronto.
In not answering to repeated requests for a phone interview from NL News on Monday, Interior Health issued an emailed statement that day, saying the public health authority will only inform the general public of potential exposure if it can’t reach everyone who have been directly exposed.
This situation comes after a COVID-19 case was confirmed in a person who took part in a bonspiel at the Kamloops Curling Club from March 9-12, which had 192 people directly attend.
Some local leaders have raised concerns about why the general public doesn’t get to know about those potential direct exposures, saying those people informed of possible direct exposure could easily be in contact with many more people in the community before being made aware.
Public Exposure Alert – March 21 WestJet Flight 3241 departing Calgary and arriving in Kamloops has a confirmed case of #COVID19 on board. Please review the information provided by @CDCofBC https://t.co/S2dykOPxfY
— Interior Health (@Interior_Health) March 26, 2020
– with files from Colton Davies
