STARS air ambulance says about 18 per cent of the patients it has treated or transported this month by helicopter in the Prairie provinces have been people with COVID-19. With the surging number of COVID cases being reported in all three Prairie provinces, Armstrong says it's not surprising that it's happening more frequently. In addition to getting trauma patients to hospitals, he says STARS crews are doing an increasing number of transfers between hospitals involving COVID patients. 'We have a very specific cleaning process for inside the helicopter, our equipment and our folks as well," he said. Armstrong says that extra time has not affected the number of flights crews can undertake.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2020 15:33 UTC