ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador has its third active case of COVID-19 in a week.
The latest case is a female resident in the 20-39 age range who recently returned from travel to Southeast Asia.
The Department of Health says she was symptomatic en route to the province, but self-isolated upon arrival.
Contact tracing is under way and anyone considered a close contact will be advised to quarantine.
Because she was symptomatic while travelling, the department has issued an alert to passengers who flew on Air Canada Flight AC8006 departing Toronto for St. John’s on Thursday, July 16, to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and call 811 for testing.
“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,” read a statement.
Symptoms include: fever (or signs of a fever, including chills, sweats, muscle aches and 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.
Two other cases of COVID-19 in the Central Health region remain active. They are close contacts of each other and contact tracing has so far turned up no other cases.
The total cumulative cases in the province is now 265. Three people have died from the disease.
More than 23,000 people have been tested.
