The Department of Health and Community Services is asking people who traveled on Air Canada Flight 8018 departing Montreal for St. John’s on Friday, May 22 at 6:25 p.m. to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and call 811 for testing.
Symptoms of COVID-19 include:
- Fever (or signs of a fever, including chills, sweats, muscle aches, lightheadedness);
- Cough;
- Headache;
- Sore throat;
- Painful swallowing;
- Runny nose;
- Diarrhea;
- Loss of sense of smell or taste;
- Unexplained loss of appetite; and,
- Small red or purple spots on the hands and/or feet.
This ask is in relation to the one confirmed case announced yesterday (Thursday, May 28). The origin of that one case was travel.
While the risk of exposure to COVID-19 is considered low at this time, Public Health is asking people to monitor themselves and call 811 out of an abundance of caution.
For the most up-to-date information related to COVID-19, please visit www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19.
For questions related to COVID-19, please email covid19info@gov.nl.ca.
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Media contact
Kathy Dicks-Peyton
Health and Community Services
709-729-6986, 699-1982
kathydickspeyton@gov.nl.ca