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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE TRAVEL BAN ON AUSTRALIA』S TOURISM AND EDUCATION SECTORS IS ESTIMATED TO SLASH 0.5% FROM AUSTRALIA』S GDP GROWTH IN THE FIRST QUARTER, ACCORDING TO ANALYSTS FROM ANZ BANK.
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) - THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS TEAM ENTERED INTO NEXT WEEK’S WORLD CUP IN MELBOURNE HAS PULLED OUT DUE TO AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE TO LIMIT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, ORGANIZERS SAID ON SATURDAY.
THIS IS DUE TO THE OUTBREAK KEEPING PEOPLE FROM COMING BACK TO WORK IN CHINA, LEADING TO A SLOWDOWN IN THE UNLOADING OF PRODUCTS AT CHINESE PORTS, WHICH HAVE RUN OUT OF SPACE FOR REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS. SUCH CONTAINERS MUST BE PLUGGED INTO POWER ONCE OFFLOADED, TO KEEP FROZEN MEAT COLD, THE USA POULTRY & EGG EXPORT COUNCIL TOLD REUTERS.
CHEUNG KIT-MAN, CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES ASSOCIATION, ESTIMATED THAT CLOSE TO 1,000 FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS WERE WAITING TO DEPART MANILA AIRPORT, 40% OF WHICH WERE HOLDING NEW EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. CHEUNG SAID A LOT OF EMPLOYERS WERE WORRIED THAT THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPOSE A SIMILAR TRAVEL BAN TO HONG KONG, WHICH WOULD BAR INDONESIAN DOMESTIC WORKERS FROM COMING TO HONG KONG.
ON FEB. 2, THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT BANNED THE ENTRY OF ANYONE FROM CHINA, HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN AND PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONALITIES WHO HAVE BEEN TO ANY OF THOSE FOUR PLACES IN THE 14 DAYS PRECEDING ARRIVAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FILIPINO CITIZENS. IT ALSO BARRED FILIPINOS FROM TRAVELING TO ANY OF THOSE FOUR DESTINATIONS.
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MELO VILLAREAL IS THE ONLINE PUBLISHER OF OUTOFTOWNBLOG.COM. HE IS AN ACCOUNTANT BY PROFESSION WHO LEFT THE CORPORATE WORLD AT THE AGE OF 23 TO EXPLORE HIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. TODAY, MELO WORKS AS A PART-TIME SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS. HIS FULL-TIME WORK FOCUSES ON DISCOVERING INTERESTING CULTURE, EXPLORE DIFFERENT CUISINES AND TAKE MEMORABLE PHOTOS FROM LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS HE"S VISITING.
WITH MANY OVERSEAS CHINESE NATIONALS TRAVELLING TO CHINA TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE TIMING OF THE BAN HAS LEFT TENS OF THOUSANDS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK AND STUDIES IN AUSTRALIA. OVER 106,000 OF THE 189,000 CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA, UNDER CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE ACADEMIC YEAR IS DUE TO BEGIN WITHIN WEEKS.
ECONOMISTS ARE BETTING ON CENTRAL BANKS IN ASIA-PACIFIC TO UNVEIL A ROUND OF INTEREST RATE CUTS IN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS TO OFFSET THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE VIRUS, WHICH HAS ALREADY DENTED BUSINESS AND SHUTDOWN MAJOR FACTORIES ACROSS THE REGION.
OLIVIA, A HONG KONG-BASED INSURANCE AGENT, IS AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ACROSS GREATER CHINA NOW CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAVEL CURBS. SHE TRAVELED TO THE MAINLAND DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY TO VISIT HER MOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS, AND WILL HAVE TO BE QUARANTINED IF SHE WANTS TO COME BACK TO HONG KONG. ELSEWHERE, AN ESTIMATED 5,000 CHINESE TOURISTS ARE STUCK IN INDONESIA’S POPULAR RESORT ISLAND OF BALI AFTER THE COUNTRY BANNED DIRECT FLIGHTS TO AND FROM THE MAINLAND, WHERE INFECTIONS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY CONCENTRATED.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASINGLY LOOKED TO DISSUADE AMERICAN TRAVEL TO CHINA IN RECENT WEEKS IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK. IT RAISED THE TRAVEL ADVISORY ON MONDAY FROM LEVEL 2: EXERCISE INCREASED CAUTION TO LEVEL 3: RECONSIDER TRAVEL DUE TO THE VIRUS. LAST WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT RAISED THE ADVISORY TO CHINA"S HUBEI PROVINCE -- OF WHICH WUHAN IS THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL -- TO LEVEL 4.
THE EXTENSION OF THE TRAVEL BAN, WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY ANNOUNCED UNTIL SATURDAY AND COULD LAST ANOTHER FORTNIGHT, WILL RATTLE THE UNIVERSITY SECTOR AS IT PREPARES FOR LECTURES TO BEGIN WITHOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. ORIENTATION WEEK AT MANY UNIVERSITIES IS DUE TO START ON FEBRUARY 24.
SOUTH KOREAN AIR FORCE"S AEROBATICS TEAMS ALSO PULLED OUT DUE TO THE OUTBREAK. YET DESPITE SINGAPORE"S TRAVEL BAN ON ARRIVALS FROM MAINLAND CHINA, A CHINESE MILITARY AEROBATICS TEAM WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AIRSHOW.
STRUGGLING RESTAURANT OWNERS IN SYDNEY"S CHINATOWN SAY THEY HAVE LOST AS MUCH AS 85 PER CENT OF THEIR BUSINESS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK BLOCKING CHINESE TOURISTS AND STUDENTS FROM COMING TO SYDNEY.
A CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL COULD HAVE TO REPAY $250K IN TUITION FEES IF CHINESE STUDENTS REMAIN BARRED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN.
PHOTO: TOURISM OPERATORS SAY VISITOR NUMBERS TO ATTRACTIONS LIKE THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD HAVE DWINDLED DUE TO THE BAN ON VISITORS FROM CHINA.
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO SRI LANKA ALAINA B. TEPLITZ HAS BEEN SUMMONED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS THIS MORNING, TO INFORM THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT』S OBJECTION TO THE IMPOSITION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON ARMY COMMANDER LT. GEN. SHAVENDRA SILVA AND HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.
THE VIRUS HAS SO FAR KILLED 566 PEOPLE OUT OF A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 28,000 OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED CASES – A DEATH RATE OF AROUND TWO PER CENT. THIS IS A SIMILAR DEATH RATE TO THE SPANISH FLU OUTBREAK WHICH, IN 1918, WENT ON TO KILL AROUND 50MILLION PEOPLE.
「THIS TRAVEL BAN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DISRUPT THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WHO ARE CENTRAL TO STUDENT COMMUNITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY AND BEYOND,」 HE SAID. 「MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE LOSING OUT ON LEARNING, WORK, RELATIONSHIPS, AND COMMUNITIES, AND MAY NEVER RETURN.」

 

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