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N.B. health advises potential COVID-19 exposure on Air Canada flights

Allan April CTVNewsAtlantic.ca writer

Published Thursday, November 5, 2020 1:48PM AST Last Updated Thursday, November 5, 2020 9:21PM AST

An Air Canada passenger jet lands at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Halifax on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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HALIFAX -- New Brunswick public health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 on a pair of Oct. 24 Air Canada flights from Calgary to Montreal, and Montreal to Saint John.

Public health announced Thursday that they identified a positive case in a traveller who may have been infectious on Oct. 24 while on the following flights:

Air Canada Flight 322 – from Calgary to Montreal; and
Air Canada Flight 8792 – from Montreal to Saint John arrived at 9:12 p.m.

Individuals who travelled on these flights should self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days after the flight.

Should any COVID-19 symptoms develop, they are directed to self-isolate and take the self-assessment online or to call 811 to get tested.

Correction:

A previous version of this story listed the incorrect arrival time for Flight 8792. New information has been provided by the province of New Brunswick.