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A PHILIPPINES AVIATION OFFICIAL SAID TODAY CLOSE TO 500 CHINESE TOURISTS WHO ARRIVED IN KALIBO, AKLAN FROM WUHAN WILL BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THEIR POINT OF ORIGIN THIS WEEK, CNN REPORTED.CIVIL AVIATION BOARD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARMELO ARCILLA SAID THAT AIR CARRIERS ROYAL AIR CHARTER AND PAN PACIFIC AIRLINE WILL SEND BACK THE VISITORS IN THREE BATCHES: TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND MONDAY DESPITE THE CLAMP...
CORONAVIRUSES ARE A LARGE FAMILY OF VIRUSES THAT CAUSE ILLNESSES RANGING FROM THE COMMON COLD TO MORE SERIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS SUCH AS MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME AND SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. THEY CAN BE TRANSMITTED BETWEEN ANIMAL AND HUMAN OR FROM INFECTED HUMAN TO ANOTHER HUMAN, WHO SAID.
AUSTRALIA CONFIRMED ITS FIRST FOUR CASES OF THE VIRUS ON SATURDAY AND EXPECTS MORE, ITS HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAID, AS THE COUNTRY IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR CHINESE TOURISTS. THE INFECTED PATIENTS ARE THREE MEN WHO TRAVELED TO AUSTRALIA FROM CHINA ⁠— TWO WHO TRAVELED FROM WUHAN TO SYDNEY AND ONE IN MELBOURNE WHO HAD ALSO BEEN IN WUHAN. ALL THREE, AGED 53, 43 AND 35, ARE REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION.
MAINSTREAM CHINESE NEWS OUTLETS HAVE COVERED THE OUTBREAK CLOSELY, THOUGH CENSORSHIP PROHIBITS THEM FROM TAKING A CRITICAL LOOK, WHILE OFFICIAL NEWS MEDIA LIKE CCTV AND THE PEOPLE』S DAILY NEWSPAPER HAVE PLAYED IT DOWN. STATE NEWS MEDIA ISSUED HEROGRAMS TO THE PATRIOTIC CHINESE CITIZENS WHO CANCELED THEIR TRIPS HOME TO WUHAN AND WOULD SPEND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY ALONE. IT PRAISED DOCTORS HEADING OFF TO WUHAN.
BUT THIS WEEK, THE TAIWANESE PRESIDENT, TSAI ING-WEN, SAID THAT ALL TRAVEL BY TOUR GROUPS BETWEEN WUHAN AND TAIWAN WOULD BE SUSPENDED. NORTH KOREA ALSO TEMPORARILY BANNED FOREIGN TOURISTS, MANY OF WHOM COME FROM CHINA, ACCORDING TO A LEADING TOUR OPERATOR.
AIRPORT OFFICIALS NOW PUTTING MORE SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. THEY WILL ALSO TRANSPORT TOURISTS BACK TO CHINA.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: ALARM SPREADS OVER CORONAVIRUS AS CHINA EXTENDS TRAVEL CURBS
THE WOMAN TOLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA HOW SHE TOOK FEVER MEDICINE TO MASK FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS TO BYPASS TEMPERATURE CHECKS. WUHAN HAS TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO CONTAIN THE DEADLY VIRUS.
THIS STEP WAS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO A NOTIFICATION FROM THE SAPPORO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO HOTELS, OUTLINING WAYS TO MANAGE GUESTS FROM WUHAN WHO MAY SHOW SYMPTOMS OF THE ILLNESS. THE NOTIFICATION ADVISES HOTELS TO ASK ANY GUEST WHO IS FEELING UNWELL TO REMAIN INSIDE THEIR ROOM AND REPORT THE CASES TO A PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER, SAID RYO YAMAGUCHI, A CITY OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION.
「WUHAN IS THE CENTER OF THE OUTBREAK AND THE PROBABILITY OF TRANSMISSION TO OUR COUNTRY IS MADE HIGHLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN WUHAN AND KALIBO,」 ARCILLA SAID IN A STATEMENT.HE DIRECTED ROYAL AIR CHARTER SERVICES AND PAN PACIFIC AIR—THE ONLY TWO AIRLINES WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN WUHAN AND KALIBO—TO FLY HOME BY MONDAY ALL OF THE CHINESE TOURISTS, MOST OF WHOM WERE IN BORACAY.
"WHILE THE AUTHORITIES IN CHINA WERE INITIALLY SLOW TO RESPOND, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS THEY HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE OPEN ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO CONTAIN IT. PEOPLE IN WUHAN FOUND TO HAVE FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM TAKING PLANES OR TRAINS OUT OF THE CITY, WHILE TOUR GROUPS HAVE ALSO REPORTEDLY BEEN BANNED FROM LEAVING THE CITY," LEATHER NOTED. "OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKING PRECAUTIONS SUCH AS SCREENING PEOPLE AT AIRPORTS AND ISOLATING PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF HAVING THE VIRUS. THE CONTRAST WITH 2003, WHEN CHINA'S AUTHORITIES WERE HEAVILY CRITICISED FOR TRYING TO CONCEAL THE SPREAD OF SARS, IS MARKED."
TRIP.COM SAID IT WOULD OFFER CUSTOMERS FREE CANCELLATION ON ALL HOTELS, CAR RENTALS AND TICKETS FOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN WUHAN UNTIL JANUARY 31. IF A HOTEL REFUSES TO REFUND THE BOOKING FEE, TRIP.COM SAID IT WILL PAY BACK TRAVELERS OUT OF ITS OWN POCKET.
THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, FIRST REPORTED IN CHINA ON DEC. 31, WAS ORIGINALLY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PASSED ONTO HUMANS BY ANIMALS BUT IS NOW KNOWN TO BE TRANSMISSIBLE PERSON TO PERSON, ALTHOUGH VICTIMS MAY BE CONTRACTING THE VIRUS BY COMING IN CONTACT WITH SALIVA AND OTHER BODILY FLUIDS RATHER THAN THROUGH AIRBORNE FACTORS.
MEANWHILE, VICHIT PRAKOBGOSOL, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THAI TRAVEL AGENTS, ASSESSED THE CONSEQUENCES AFTER THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TOLD LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS TO STOP LEADING TOUR GROUPS ABROAD, SAYING THAT THAILAND WILL LOSE AROUND 50 BILLION BAHT FROM THE 1.2-1.3 MILLION CHINESE TRAVELLERS WHO WILL NOT VISIT THE COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
「THERE ISN』T A CENTRAL ORDER TO STOP SHIPS, BUT MORE THAN A DOZEN THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO CALL [AT WUHAN] OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS ARE HELD DOWN RIVER,」 SAID ZHANG YONG, A TUG CAPTAIN AT THE CITY』S PORT. 「THERE ARE HEALTH WARNINGS TO WASH HANDS, DON』T TOUCH YOUR MOUTH AND GO TO A DOCTOR IF YOU FEEL SICK. I WEAR A MASK, PEOPLE ARE GETTING SCARED AND I HOPE IT』S SORTED OUT SOON BECAUSE IT WILL HURT BUSINESS A LOT,」 HE SAID.
THE LATEST CONFIRMED PATIENT VISITED WUHAN JAN. 10 AND DEVELOPED A FEVER SATURDAY. HE HAD RETURNED TO HONG KONG ON HIS OWN AFTER FLYING FROM WUHAN TO THE CHINESE CITY OF SHENZHEN.
「BUT FORTUNATELY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHINESE ECONOMY ON THE BACK OF THIS PHASE 1 DEAL AND THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRADE SECTORS WHEREAS THE TECH CYCLES SEEM TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE AHEAD OF THE 5G ROLLOUT THIS YEAR. THAT SEEMS TO BOOST THE TRADE NUMBERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THAT CAN OFFSET THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW SARS EPIDEMIC,」 THE HONG KONG-BASED ECONOMIST ADDED.
CHINESE AUTHORITIES RUSH TO BUILD NEW HOSPITAL TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS
HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA, A REPORT BY DOCTORS AND EXPERTS FROM RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY ON FRIDAY NOTED THE APPEARANCE OF INITIAL SYMPTOMS NOT RELATED TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TO CHINA RECENTLY WERE ALSO TOLD TO MONITOR THEIR HEALTH CLOSELY FOR TWO WEEKS ON THEIR RETURN TO SINGAPORE.
HE SAID EMERGENCY MEASURES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN ISLAMABAD TO MAKE SURE THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF CHINESE WORKERS, WHO RECENTLY WENT TO THEIR HOMELAND IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR NEW YEAR』S CELEBRATIONS, ARE STRICTLY SCREENED WHEN THEY RETURN BACK.
ON TOP OF THAT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MONITORING FOR SIGNS OF THE VIRUS HAS INCREASED. PASSENGERS LEAVING WUHAN BY TRAIN, PLANE, OR BUS ARE HAVING THEIR TEMPERATURES CHECKED. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED PEOPLE TO CANCEL PLANS TO VISIT WUHAN.
NSW HEALTH DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROTECTION DR JEREMY MCANULTY SAID ADVICE IS BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE ALREADY RETURNED TO THE STATE FROM WUHAN, AS SYMPTOMS MAY TAKE UP TWO WEEKS TO DEVELOP.
CHINA HAS PLACED WUHAN, A CITY OF 11 MILLION, ON LOCKDOWN, AS IT IS CONSIDERED THE EPICENTRE OF A NEW CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK THAT HAS KILLED 17 AND INFECTED NEARLY 600. THAILAND HAS SO FAR CONFIRMED FOUR CASES OF CORONAVIRUS, THE LARGEST NUMBER OUTSIDE CHINA. TWO OF THE CASES WERE CHINESE WOMEN WHO HAVE SINCE BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME. CHINESE TOURISTS MAKE UP THE LARGEST GROUP OF VISITORS TO THAILAND.
FANS OF CHINESE HISTORY ARE ALSO DRAWN TO WUHAN FOR ITS PIVOTAL ROLE THROUGHOUT CHINA"S EPOCHS. WUHAN CAN TRACE ITS HISTORY BACK TO THE BRONZE AGE AND THE ERLIGANG, A CIVILISATION THAT EXISTED BETWEEN 1510BC AND 1460BC. PART OF THE CITY WAS AN IMPORTANT PORT DURING THE HAN DYNASTY, WHILE DURING THE QING DYNASTY, IT ROSE TO BECOME ONE OF CHINA"S TOP FOUR MERCHANT TOWNS.
ONE 22-YEAR-OLD STUDENT VISITING FAMILY NEAR WUHAN IS NOT SO SURE, ARGUING AUTHORITIES WERE TOO SLOW TO ACT WHEN THE VIRUS WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN DECEMBER. THE NEW VIRUS EMERGED FROM A POPULAR WET SEAFOOD MARKET THAT ALSO SOLD WILD ANIMALS. BATS, A DELICACY IN SOME CHINESE DISHES, ARE WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE KEY CARRIERS OF CORONAVIRUSES.

 

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