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METRO MANILA (CNN PHILIPPINES, JANUARY 24) – CLOSE TO 500 CHINESE TOURISTS WHO ARRIVED IN KALIBO, AKLAN FROM THE CHINESE CITY WHERE THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV) OUTBREAK BEGAN, WILL BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THEIR POINT OF ORIGIN THIS WEEK, AN AVIATION OFFICIAL CONFIRMED FRIDAY.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOTICE WAS A LEVEL 4 ADVISORY, THE STERNEST WARNING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ISSUES REGARDING TRAVEL. OTHER LEVEL 4 WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT COVER TRAVEL TO SYRIA, NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, VENEZUELA AND YEMEN, AMONG OTHER PLACES. THE WARNING IS A STEP UP FROM WASHINGTON』S EARLIER CAUTIONS. JUST A DAY BEFORE, THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN ADVISING TRAVELERS TO 「EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION」 WHEN TRAVELING TO THE WUHAN AREA.
AIRPORT OFFICIALS NOW PUTTING MORE SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. THEY WILL ALSO TRANSPORT TOURISTS BACK TO CHINA.
THE PATIENT IS A WOMAN IN HER 60S WHO HAD TRAVELED TO WUHAN, CHINA — THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK — AND RETURNED TO CHICAGO ON JAN. 13. SHE DID NOT BECOME ILL UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS AFTER ARRIVING IN CHICAGO, SO OFFICIALS DO NOT THINK THERE IS MUCH RISK TO OTHERS WHO WERE ON HER FLIGHT HOME.
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.
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.
A C.D.C. TEAM IS ON THE GROUND IN WASHINGTON STATE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH THE LOCAL INVESTIGATION AND HELPING TO TRACK DOWN ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THE INFECTED INDIVIDUAL AND MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS. C.D.C. PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO AIRPORTS TO HELP SCREEN ARRIVALS FROM CHINA.
"MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY IN CHINA. BUT IT HAS NOT YET BECOME A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY. IT MAY YET BECOME ONE," DIRECTOR-GENERAL TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS TOLD REPORTERS ON A CONFERENCE CALL FOLLOWING A SECOND EMERGENCY MEETING ON THE DISEASE ON THURSDAY. THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE "VERY DIVIDED," A WHO OFFICIAL SAID, COMING TO A SPLIT VOTE FOR A SECOND TIME. WHILE THE DISEASE IS SPREADING THROUGH HUMAN-TO-HUMAN CONTACT IN CHINA, TEDROS SAID IT'S NOT YET SPREADING IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE HAVE FLOWN TO AFTER VISITING CHINA.
"EVER SINCE SARS, THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR IMPROVING OR CLOSING DOWN THE LIVE ANIMAL MARKETS IN CHINA," TONER SAID. "THERE"S AN AWFUL LOT WE DON"T YET KNOW, BUT IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT LIVE ANIMAL MARKETS ARE A THREAT NOT JUST TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THEM, BUT TO PUBLIC HEALTH MORE GENERALLY."
TRAVEL AGENTS FROM HONG KONG ARE ALSO CANCELLING ALL OUTBOUND TOURS TO MAINLAND, OFFERING TOURISTS A RE-ROUTE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR A REFUND
THE VIRUS — WHICH WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED LESS THAN A MONTH AGO — HAS ALREADY KILLED AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE IN CHINA AND INFECTED ROUGHLY 650 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING FIRSTS IN SINGAPORE AND SAUDI ARABIA, ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL MEDIA. MEDICAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO AFFECTED CITIES, AND HOSPITALS ARE ASKING FOR DONATIONS OF ESSENTIAL ITEMS INCLUDING FACE MASKS, EYE PROTECTORS, PROTECTIVE UNIFORMS AND SANITIZER.
FORTUNE MAY RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR SOME LINKS TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ON THIS WEBSITE. OFFERS MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
「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.
CHINESE MEDIA REPORT MAJOR CRUISE COMPANIES IMPLEMENTING MASS BOARDING BAN FOR ALL TOURISTS WHO』RE ABOUT TO EMBARK SHIPS, IF THEY COME FROM WUHAN CITY OR HEBEI PROVINCE, OR EVEN IF THEY WERE IN WUHAN IN 15-DAY PERIOD PRIOR TO CRUISE. ALL PASSENGERS WHOSE TRIP IS SUSPENDED ARE OFFERED REFUND OPTIONS. SUCH COMPANIES AS COSTA CRUISES, ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, MSC MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES, DREAM CRUISES, STAR CRUISES AND OCEANIA CRUISES, IMPLEMENT THESE STRICT MEASURES ON JAN 24 IN ORDER TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ON BOARD OF THEIR SHIPS, SAY CHINESE MEDIA.
「THEY ARE NOT PATIENTS. THEY ARE JUST BEING OBSERVED IN CASE THEY DEVELOP ANY SYMPTOMS, 」 HE TOLD REPORTERS DURING A CHECK ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR HANDLING ANY VIRUS-RELATED INCIDENT AT THE SULTAN AZLAN SHAH AIRPORT EARLIER FRIDAY.
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.
IF THE PERSONS ARE FOUND TO BE AT RISK, THEY WILL BE SENT TO A SECOND STATION FOR A DOCTOR TO CONDUCT FURTHER MEDICAL TESTS TO DECIDE IF THEY NEED TO BE SENT TO HOSPITAL. THEY WILL BE SENT TO A QUARANTINE AREA TO WAIT FOR AN AMBULANCE.
IN BRITAIN, PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN LONDON FROM WUHAN ARE BEING PLACED IN ISOLATION TO BE SCREENED FOR SYMPTOMS.
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.
MR THANIT ALSO DISMISSED ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPECTED INFLUX OF CHINESE TOURISTS ARRIVING IN PHUKET FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND THE RECENTLY CONFIRMED ABILITY OF THE VIRUS TO BE TRANSMITTED FROM PERSON TO PERSON.

 

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