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Jan 25, 2021 6:21 PM -

Eight flights that passed through YVR added to the list of COVID-19 exposures

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A man makes his way through Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

The BC Centre for Disease Control has added eight flights that passed through Vancouver International Airport to its list of COVID-19 exposures.

The flights, four of them domestic and the other four international, either took off from or landed at YVR between January 5th and January 19th.

They include an Air Canada flight from Los Angeles to Vancouver on January 5th, a WestJet flight from Toronto to Vancouver on January 9th and an Aeromexico flight from Mexico City to Vancouver on January 17th.

The full list can be seen on the B-C Centre for Disease Control website.

Anyone who was on any of the flights should self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and self-isolate and seek testing if any develop.

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