2021-05-11 07:22 ET - In the News
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The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that flights delivering passengers infected with COVID-19 into Canadian airports are now predominantly domestic routes, according to federal data on airplane exposures. The Globe's Tamsin McMahon and Mike Hager write that Between Jan. 1 and May 5, there were 1,873 flights that arrived or departed from airports across Canada where at least one passenger later tested positive for the virus. International flights accounted for more than 60 per cent of cases linked to air travel in January and February, but by April, following spring break, that trend had reversed, with domestic travel accounting for more than 60 per cent of flights linked to COVID-19 infections. Over all, the number of international flights with positive cases fell from 331 in January to 193 by April, while domestic flights saw a near-equal rise -- from 195 virus-positive flights in January to 331 last month. April saw the highest number of Canadian flights with positive cases, 524, since January. The results of the data analysis raised questions among public-health experts and political leaders about whether Canada needs to do more to stem the spread of COVID-19 from domestic air travel.