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by Craig Takeuchi on December 29th, 2020 at 6:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
The good news is that over the holiday weekend, new COVID-19 case counts in B.C. remained around 500 or less.
Unfortunately, there’s a catch: B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said at today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing that she believes that part of the reason that numbers are down is because people haven t been testing as much over the holiday weekend.
She said testing has been reduced by as much as 50 percent in some places.
“Partly it’s people don’t want to be tested and have to isolate before this holiday, which is worrisome,” she said, “because we know that people are getting together some people and even it’s just your household, you may bring this into your household and spread it to them.”
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The BC Centre for Disease Control (BC CDC) has identified seven more flights with COVID-19 cases on board that have passed through airports in British Columbia over the last few days.
On December 17, Swoop flight WO106 from Abbotsford to Hamilton reported a COVID-19 case. Rows 19 to 25 are affected.
On December 19, Air Canada flight 63 from Vancouver to Seoul was identified with a COVID-19 case on board. Rows 25 to 30 are affected.
A pair of flights between Vancouver and Saskatoon were also detected. On December 21, Air Canada flight 8574 from Vancouver to Saskatoon was identified with COVID-19 exposure, with affected rows 17 to 23. On December 23, Air Canada flight 8737 from Saskatoon to Vancouver was also identified, with affected rows 17 to 23.
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