The federal government has reported a number of flights that arrived at or departed from Pearson International Airport with confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past week.
From December 27 to January 2 there were six domestic flights, including two that arrived at Pearson and four that departed from Pearson.
There were seven international flights, the majority of which arrived at Pearson from abroad on December 27 and 28.
In Hamilton, one affected flight landed at Hamilton International Airport from Abbotsford, BC on December 27.
Several rows were affected on each flight:
- Ontario reports 2,417 new cases of COVID-19 and 102 more deaths related to the virus
- Two COVID-19 cases reported at Real Canadian Superstore in Oakville
- This Milton neighbourhood has one of the highest COVID-19 percent positivity rates in Ontario
Passengers who were sitting in the affected rows (or all passengers on the flight if rows aren’t specified) are advised to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days and contact public health if they start showing symptoms of the virus.
Residents are reminded to quarantine for 14 days after returning to Canada from travel abroad.
All flight data is available at the federal government’s website.
