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CAB suspends flights to and from Wuhan, China amid coronavirus outbreak - UNTV News @ 2020-01-25T04: Back Hot News
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PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH BORDER FORCE TO TRACE 2,000 AIRLINE PASSENGERS WHO FLEW INTO BRITAIN FROM WUHAN, CHINA, IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT, TO CHECK IF THEY ARE SUFFERING SYMPTOMS OF CORONAVIRUS.
IN 2018, 62.9 MILLION TOURISTS VISITED CHINA, RANKING IT THE FOURTH MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION BEHIND FRANCE, SPAIN AND THE US, ACCORDING TO THE UN"S WORLD TOURISM RANKINGS.
TRAVEL AGENTS FROM HONG KONG ARE ALSO CANCELLING ALL OUTBOUND TOURS TO MAINLAND, OFFERING TOURISTS A RE-ROUTE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR A REFUND
FOUR TOURISTS FROM WUHAN IN CHINA WHO VISITED A TOURISM AREA IN RIAU ISLANDS HAVE RETURNED HOME AFTER BEING ISOLATED IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL ON SUSPICION OF HAVING BEEN INFECTED BY THE FAST-SPREADING CORONAVIRUS.
EXTREME MEASURES DURING OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ELSEWHERE BEFORE. DURING THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC IN WEST AFRICA IN 2014, SIERRA LEONE ORDERED EVERYONE IN THE NATION TO STAY HOME FOR THREE DAYS AS THE AUTHORITIES WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR CHECKING FOR NEW CASES, RETRIEVING DEAD BODIES AND TRYING TO STOP THE DISEASE FROM SPREADING FURTHER. IN MONROVIA, THE CAPITAL OF LIBERIA, A SPRAWLING NEIGHBORHOOD WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAS PUT UNDER STRICT QUARANTINE BY THE GOVERNMENT AND GUARDED BY POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR, SETTING OFF VIOLENT CLASHES WITH PENNED-IN RESIDENTS.
"BASICALLY, DO NOT GO TO WUHAN. AND THOSE IN WUHAN PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE CITY," SAID NATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION VICE-MINISTER LI BIN IN ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC BRIEFINGS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE OUTBREAK.
FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY MAY HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS, DR NICK PHIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PHE』S NATIONAL INFECTION SERVICE, SAYS: 「INDIVIDUALS SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF THEY DEVELOP RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS WITHIN 14 DAYS OF VISITING WUHAN, EITHER IN CHINA OR ON THEIR RETURN TO THE UK, INFORMING THEIR HEALTH SERVICE PRIOR TO THEIR ATTENDANCE ABOUT THEIR RECENT TRAVEL TO THE CITY.」
EXCLUSIVE: REVEALED: HOW LOVE ISLAND STARS LIVING IN £5.3MILLION CAPE TOWN MANSION ARE PROTECTED BY MINIMUM WAGE SECURITY GUARDS FROM A RAT-INFESTED TOWNSHIP EARNING JUST £1-AN-HOUR
THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING A PEACEFUL AND RELAXING HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE WILL BE LEFT AMAZED BY WHAT SURIN ISLANDS HAVE TO OFFER. FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS A DESTINATION THAT PROMISES PEACE AND TRANQUILITY, SURIN ISLANDS ARE RELATIVELY SECLUDED AND HAVE LITTLE TO NO HUMAN INTERFERENCE, LEAVING IT UNSPOILED. MOST TOURISTS WHO VISIT THE SURIN ISLANDS OFTEN DO SO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MOKEN COMMUNITY OR SIMPLY KNOWN AS THE MOKEN SEA GYPSIES. IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO FIND THAT THE MOKEN VILLAGE IS A TOP DESTINATION TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN VISITING THE SURIN ISLANDS. ONE CAN EXPERIENCE THE MOST NATURAL WAY OF SURVIVAL, SUCH AS LEARNING A THING OR TWO FROM THE SEA GYPSIES IN PRIMITIVE LIVING AND FISHING.
A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT"S CIVIL AID SERVICE GESTURES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE WHICH IS BEING USED AS ONE OF TWO QUARANTINE CENTRES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH SUSPECTED CASES OF A SARS-TYPE VIRUS. HONG KONG WILL TURN TWO HOLIDAY CAMPS, INCLUDING A FORMER MILITARY BARRACKS, INTO QUARANTINE ZONES FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH CARRIERS OF THE WUHAN VIRUS, OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
QUITE A FEW AIRLINES ARE NOW OFFERING FULL REFUNDS OR FREE FLIGHT CHANGES FOR THEIR FLIGHTS TO OR FROM WUHAN. THESE INCLUDE AIR CHINA, CAPITAL AIRLINES, CATHAY PACIFIC AND CATHAY DRAGON, CHENGDU AIRLINES, CHINA AIRLINES AND MANDARIN AIRLINES, CHINA EASTERN, CHINA SOUTHERN, CHINA UNITED AIRLINES, JUNEYAO AIRLINES, LUCKY AIR, HAINAN AIRLINES, OK AIR, SCOOT, SHANDONG AIRLINES, SHENZHEN AIRLINES, SPRING AIRLINES, SUPARNA AIRLINES, TIANJIN AIRLINES, WEST AIR, URUMQI AIR AND XIAMEN AIR.
FIRST, PEOPLE ON FLIGHTS SCHEDULED FROM WUHAN TO NON-SCREENING U.S. AIRPORTS WERE BEING REDIRECTED TO ONE OF THE FIVE AIRPORTS THAT ARE CONDUCTING SCREENINGS. THAT MEANS A PASSENGER TRAVELING FROM WUHAN WHO CAUGHT A CONNECTING FLIGHT IN SHANGHAI THAT WOULD HAVE LANDED IN BOSTON (BOS) WOULD HAVE BEEN REROUTED TO JFK FOR SCREENING, CDC OFFICIALS SAID.
THE ILLNESS WAS FIRST REPORTED IN LATE DECEMBER IN WUHAN, IN CENTRAL CHINA. FEARS OF A MORE WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK AROSE WHEN TWO CASES WERE FOUND IN THAILAND AND ONE IN JAPAN, APPARENTLY CARRIED TO THOSE COUNTRIES BY AIR TRAVELERS FROM WUHAN.
REGARDING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SET TO DECIDE LATER TODAY WHETHER TO DECLARE THE WUHAN CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK A WORLD HEALTH EMERGENCY, MR THANIT SAID THAT ANY SUCH DECLARATION WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO THE EFFORTS BY HEALTH OFFICIALS IN PHUKET TO PREVENT THE VIRUS FROM ARRIVING ON THE ISLAND.
ORIGINALLY, PEOPLE WERE THOUGHT TO BE CATCHING IT FROM A LIVE ANIMAL MARKET IN WUHAN CITY. BUT CASES SOON BEGAN TO EMERGE IN PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER BEEN THERE, WHICH FORCED MEDICS TO REALISE IT WAS SPREADING FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
THE AVIATION AUTHORITY STATED THAT IT HAS ALSO INSTRUCTED RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND AGENCIES TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF CHINA (CAAC) TO STAY UPDATED ON THE DISEASE』S SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, AND TO PROMPTLY CARRY OUT QUARANTINE AND DISEASE CONTROL PROCEDURES FOR FLIGHTS CONNECTING VIETNAM AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN CHINA AS AND WHEN NEEDED.
KOTA KINABALU: KIULU ASSEMBLYMAN CUM PARTI BERSATU SABAH (PBS) INFORMATION CHIEF DATUK JONISTON BANGKUAI』S CALL TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER SUSPENDING ALL DAILY DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM WUHAN TO SABAH AMID THE OUTBREAK OF THE MYSTERIOUS CORONAVIRUS IN THE CHINESE CITY WAS AN EXTREME MEASURE THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, SAID SABAH ASSOCIATION OF TOUR AND TRAVEL AGENTS (SATTA) PRESIDENT DATUK SERI WINSTON LIAW.
THE MAN, BELIEVED TO BE A CHINESE TOURIST, WAS TAKEN FROM THE KOTA KINABALU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KKIA) TO THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL HERE AFTER SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS.
SINGAPORE: TEMPERATURE SCREENING AT CHANGI AIRPORT WILL BE EXTENDED TO ALL TRAVELLERS ARRIVING FROM CHINA, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) SAID ON MONDAY (JAN 20), AS NEWS BROKE THAT A NEW VIRUS ORIGINATING FROM WUHAN HAS SPREAD TO OTHER CHINESE CITIES.
MOH HAD, AT THE TIME, UPDATED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY TO AVOID TRAVELLING TO WUHAN 「IN VIEW OF THE DEVELOPING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS SITUATION IN WUHAN AND OTHER PARTS OF CHINA」, WITH CONFIRMED CASES SPREADING BEYOND WUHAN TO BEIJING, SHANGHAI, TIANJIN AND GUANGDONG, WHICH ABUTS DENSELY POPULATED HONG KONG.
FEDERAL HEALTH INSPECTORS WILL BE STATIONED AT THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AS TRAVELERS COME IN FROM WUHAN, CHINA – WHERE IT IS BELIEVED THE STRAIN OF CORONAVIRUS ORIGINATED.
WITH REGARD TO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, MORE THAN 140 ARE DUE TO HEAD TO THE THAI CAPITAL BANGKOK, A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR CHINESE TOURISTS, THIS MONTH. MORE THAN 60 FLIGHTS A MONTH DEPART FOR JAPAN.
「APART FROM THE OBVIOUS DANGER TO CREW MEMBERS OF CONTRACTING THE ILLNESS AT A PORT IN AN INFECTED AREA, PORT AUTHORITIES MAY INSTITUTE REPORTING AND QUARANTINE MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE FROM VESSELS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY CALLED AT INFECTED PORTS, AND IN THE MOST SEVERE CASES OF OUTBREAK PORTS MAY BE CLOSED ALTOGETHER,」 SAID ROHAN BRAY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF INSURANCE MAJOR STEAMSHIP MUTUAL IN HONG KONG.

 

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