Flights from Delhi to Vancouver questioned as India suffers massive COVID-19 surge

As COVID-19 cases in India surge to extreme levels and a new variant of the virus first identified there has shown up in at least 39 cases in B.C., questions are being raised about whether flights from Delhi to Vancouver should be put on hold.

The flights have been tied to numerous COVID-19 exposures. Since the beginning of January, 45 flights from Delhi to Vancouver have had an exposure, along with one in February going in the other direction.

This month alone, there have