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Does anyone know what's happening to the 6,000 passengers onboard a cruise ship docking off Pathong beach, Phuket ? Were they allowed to disembark?
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Are you thinking of the 6000 that are locked down in Italy during a Mediterranean cruise. The two suspected cases have been cleared and as far as I know, passengers have been allowed to leave.
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Don't know if it is the same, read on Wednesday newsletter from huahinexpatnews "Phuket province will be receiving an influx of visitors today and tomorrow as two large cruise ships are calling on the island. The first cruise ship is bringing in 2,000 passengers, while the second ship will have 4,000 passengers onboard. These passengers will be subjected to strict health screening procedures, exactly as conducted at Phuket International Airport."
It might be same one, not sure, I was just wondering
It might be same one, not sure, I was just wondering
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"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
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...and the results are positive for at least one of the taxi drivers per Breaking News. The first Human to Human transmission in Thailand. Story to be updated when published.
Virus results of taxi drivers due this afternoon
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -afternoon
Public health authorities were expected to announce the results of novel coronavirus tests on samples from two ill taxi drivers on Friday afternoon.
Dr Sopon Iamsirithavorn, director of the Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, told reporters on Friday morning that the results were coming from the Medical Sciences Department and Chulalongkorn University.
The two cabbies each picked up Chinese tourists, later fell ill and sought treatment two days ago. The tourists had arrived in Thailand before the Chinese government suspended all outbound trips by its citizens.
The test results would reveal if human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus had started in Thailand. Such transmissions had already been confirmed in Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United States, Dr Sopon said.
In Thailand there have been 14 confirmed cases of the illness. Seven patients were cured and discharged. Another 280 people are being closely monitored, according to the Public Health Ministry.
Virus results of taxi drivers due this afternoon
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -afternoon
Public health authorities were expected to announce the results of novel coronavirus tests on samples from two ill taxi drivers on Friday afternoon.
Dr Sopon Iamsirithavorn, director of the Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, told reporters on Friday morning that the results were coming from the Medical Sciences Department and Chulalongkorn University.
The two cabbies each picked up Chinese tourists, later fell ill and sought treatment two days ago. The tourists had arrived in Thailand before the Chinese government suspended all outbound trips by its citizens.
The test results would reveal if human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus had started in Thailand. Such transmissions had already been confirmed in Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United States, Dr Sopon said.
In Thailand there have been 14 confirmed cases of the illness. Seven patients were cured and discharged. Another 280 people are being closely monitored, according to the Public Health Ministry.
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Human transmission of coronavirus confirmed in Thailand
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... n-thailand
Thailand has seen its first case of human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus inside the country, a senior Public Health official said on Friday.
The patient is a Thai taxi driver, Tanarak Pipat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Friday.
"The Thai person who was infected does not have a record of travelling to China and it is likely that he was infected by a sick traveller from China," Dr Tanarak said.
Previous cases in Thailand have all been either Chinese tourists or Thais who had visited China, where the virus originated.
The taxi driver was one of the five new confirmed cases of infection announced on Friday. The others were Chinese nationals.
This raised the number of confirmed infections in Thailand to 19.
Dr Sopon Iamsirithavorn, director of the Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, earlier told reporters on Friday morning that two cabbies who had picked up Chinese tourists later fell ill and sought treatment two days ago.
The tourists had arrived in Thailand before the Chinese government suspended outbound trips by its citizens, he said.
Human-to-human transmission of the virus has also been confirmed in other countries - including Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United States, Dr Sopon said.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... n-thailand
Thailand has seen its first case of human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus inside the country, a senior Public Health official said on Friday.
The patient is a Thai taxi driver, Tanarak Pipat, deputy director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Friday.
"The Thai person who was infected does not have a record of travelling to China and it is likely that he was infected by a sick traveller from China," Dr Tanarak said.
Previous cases in Thailand have all been either Chinese tourists or Thais who had visited China, where the virus originated.
The taxi driver was one of the five new confirmed cases of infection announced on Friday. The others were Chinese nationals.
This raised the number of confirmed infections in Thailand to 19.
Dr Sopon Iamsirithavorn, director of the Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, earlier told reporters on Friday morning that two cabbies who had picked up Chinese tourists later fell ill and sought treatment two days ago.
The tourists had arrived in Thailand before the Chinese government suspended outbound trips by its citizens, he said.
Human-to-human transmission of the virus has also been confirmed in other countries - including Germany, Japan, South Korea and the United States, Dr Sopon said.
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I wonder how many people have this, but don't feel ill enough to seek treatment?
Some people are likely to suffer it far more than others.
Some people are likely to suffer it far more than others.
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Sorry Nil. We had a meeting yesterday and made a decision that we're not going to allow any posts or links on this thread that are probably fake news or conspiracy theories. We're going to hold firm to facts only due to the seriousness of the issue and the impact this epidemic is having on people. Your post will be put into storage in a few minutes.
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Chinese tourists desert Phuket as coronavirus spreads
PHUKET: The narrow laneways and pastel-coloured shophouses of Phuket Old Town are usually bustling with Chinese tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday, but travel bans and local fears about coronavirus have largely emptied the streets this year.
Just a handful of tourists, many wearing face masks, strolled through the area during daylight hours this week. In the evening, foot traffic increased a little under the glow of the red lanterns strung across the thoroughfare, but remained far below normal levels..........
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/18 ... us-spreads
PHUKET: The narrow laneways and pastel-coloured shophouses of Phuket Old Town are usually bustling with Chinese tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday, but travel bans and local fears about coronavirus have largely emptied the streets this year.
Just a handful of tourists, many wearing face masks, strolled through the area during daylight hours this week. In the evening, foot traffic increased a little under the glow of the red lanterns strung across the thoroughfare, but remained far below normal levels..........
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/18 ... us-spreads
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Over 300 Phuket tour buses idled
PHUKET: More than 300 tour buses in Phuket have been parked for over a week with no Chinese tour group arrivals because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Many operators have been badly hit since the Chinese government banned all outbound group travel by its citizens on Jan 25 as it tried to contain the spread of the virus that originated in Wuhan.......
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... uses-idled
PHUKET: More than 300 tour buses in Phuket have been parked for over a week with no Chinese tour group arrivals because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Many operators have been badly hit since the Chinese government banned all outbound group travel by its citizens on Jan 25 as it tried to contain the spread of the virus that originated in Wuhan.......
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... uses-idled
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China travel bans spread despite WHO advice
https://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/1848 ... who-advice
Governments and airlines worldwide are suspending travel to virus-stricken China despite World Health Organization advice that such drastic measures aren’t necessary.
Australia on Saturday joined the United States in denying entry to non-citizens travelling from China. Israel also said it would refuse entry to foreign nationals coming from the country.
Vietnam halted all air travel to China, Italy banned incoming flights, the first European Union country to do so, and Qatar Airways became the first Middle East carrier to suspend flights to China.
With confirmed cases nearing 12,000 and deaths in China at 259 as of Saturday, countries are seeking to keep anyone who might have been exposed to the potentially lethal virus away. But the moves run counter to the recommendation of the WHO, which said on Thursday that it could demand scientific justification from countries that go beyond its guidance not to restrict travel.
Anxiety has escalated with more evidence that people may transmit the disease without obvious telltale signs of infection, such as coughing, sneezing and a fever. Some data has emerged suggesting that patients’ diarrhoea may pose a risk of contagion.
The WHO declared the virus a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday. The move allows the agency to recommend travel and trade measures for specific countries, regions and cities that its member states usually follow, despite their economic consequences.
In this case, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus specifically discouraged any such measures.
“The WHO doesn’t recommend and actually opposes any restrictions for travel and trade or other measures against China,” he said, while praising China’s response to the outbreak. “If anyone is thinking about taking measures, it’s going to be wrong.”
But the steady stream of announcements coming from governments and airlines around the world suggests not many people share his view.
Vietnam suspended all China flights, effective immediately, as part of “strengthening measures” against the outbreak, its civil aviation authority said on Saturday.
The national carrier Vietnam Airlines and the budget airline Jetstar Pacific said they would stop flying to mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
An AFP correspondent on a flight from Taiwan to Vietnam was among 98 passengers told to disembark just as the announcement went public.
“The decision is ridiculous and unacceptable,” Vietnamese tourist Doan Thi Ngoc Diep told AFP after leaving the plane.
In Australia, Qantas Airways said it would suspend its two direct flight routes to mainland China from Feb 9 in response to travel restrictions imposed by some countries.
The national carrier’s direct flights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai will be halted until March 29, it said on Saturday.
Cebu Air, the Philippines’ largest budget carrier, said it would halt all China flights from Sunday. The suspensions will last until March 29.
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have become the first US carriers to suspend all flights to China. Delta said its suspension would last from Feb 6 through April 30, while American has halted flights from Saturday until March 27.
Earlier, the Air Line Pilots Association secured agreements with United Airlines and Delta to allow pilots to decline to fly to China if they have concerns about travelling there, according to union representatives.
European carriers including British Airways and Air France had already halted flights to China.
In other developments on Saturday:
Vietnam reported its sixth confirmed infection, a 25-year-old female hotel receptionist who had contact with two Chinese men who tested positive for the virus, according to the health ministry.
Authorities in the south-central province of Quang Ngai ordered industrial parks to place about 300 Chinese workers under a 14-day quarantine and test them for the virus, the VnExpress news website reported.
Papua New Guinea, with limited resources to deal with a major public-health threat, has gone further than nearly any other country: it has shut its air and seaports to all foreign travellers coming from Asia. It also shut its only land border with the Indonesia-controlled province of West Papua.
Indonesia will evacuate 245 of its nationals living in Wuhan and other towns in Hubei province, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said. They have undergone tests and been declared free of coronavirus, she said.
The Hong Kong government has found 49 people from Hubei after searching about 500 hotels, and will send them to quarantine centres or help them leave the city, according to Sophia Chan, secretary for food and health. About 30 of them have either left or plan to depart Hong Kong, she said.
China will require those returning to Hubei to get approval from local prevention bureaus first, according to the provincial government’s official WeChat account.
The Hubei provincial government has extended the Lunar New Year holiday break to Feb 13 as it seeks to curb the outbreak that first emerged in Wuhan.
South Korea confirmed another case of coronavirus, bringing the total there to 12.
The country evacuated 333 citizens from Wuhan in a second charter flight that landed in Seoul on Saturday. About seven of those on the flight showed symptoms associated with the virus and were sent to hospital, the report said.
In Japan, three more returnees from Wuhan have tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said.
They are among the Japanese nationals who returned on government-chartered flights earlier in the week and are in addition to 17 people already found to have been infected.
Russia said it would evacuate more than 2,500 of its citizens holidaying on China’s Hainan island, far from the epicentre of the virus.
In the United States, the government has put about 200 US citizens repatriated from Wuhan under legal quarantine at March Air Reserve Base in Southern California. The group includes State Department personnel, family members, children and other Americans. It’s the first time such a policy has been used in the US since the 1960s, when a quarantine order was issued to stop the spread of smallpox.
The economic impact of the health crisis is expected to be substantial, with one report predicting automobile output will fall by 32%. Plant closings that last into mid-March would cut production by 1.7 million cars, the research group IHS Markit said.
Expectations were already bleak as the year began, with the firm predicting a 10% drop in first-quarter output.
The potential hit in lost global growth could total $160 billion, according to Warwick McKibbin, a professor of economics at Australian National University. The effect of this outbreak could be three to four times larger than the blow from Sars.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/1848 ... who-advice
Governments and airlines worldwide are suspending travel to virus-stricken China despite World Health Organization advice that such drastic measures aren’t necessary.
Australia on Saturday joined the United States in denying entry to non-citizens travelling from China. Israel also said it would refuse entry to foreign nationals coming from the country.
Vietnam halted all air travel to China, Italy banned incoming flights, the first European Union country to do so, and Qatar Airways became the first Middle East carrier to suspend flights to China.
With confirmed cases nearing 12,000 and deaths in China at 259 as of Saturday, countries are seeking to keep anyone who might have been exposed to the potentially lethal virus away. But the moves run counter to the recommendation of the WHO, which said on Thursday that it could demand scientific justification from countries that go beyond its guidance not to restrict travel.
Anxiety has escalated with more evidence that people may transmit the disease without obvious telltale signs of infection, such as coughing, sneezing and a fever. Some data has emerged suggesting that patients’ diarrhoea may pose a risk of contagion.
The WHO declared the virus a public health emergency of international concern on Thursday. The move allows the agency to recommend travel and trade measures for specific countries, regions and cities that its member states usually follow, despite their economic consequences.
In this case, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus specifically discouraged any such measures.
“The WHO doesn’t recommend and actually opposes any restrictions for travel and trade or other measures against China,” he said, while praising China’s response to the outbreak. “If anyone is thinking about taking measures, it’s going to be wrong.”
But the steady stream of announcements coming from governments and airlines around the world suggests not many people share his view.
Vietnam suspended all China flights, effective immediately, as part of “strengthening measures” against the outbreak, its civil aviation authority said on Saturday.
The national carrier Vietnam Airlines and the budget airline Jetstar Pacific said they would stop flying to mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
An AFP correspondent on a flight from Taiwan to Vietnam was among 98 passengers told to disembark just as the announcement went public.
“The decision is ridiculous and unacceptable,” Vietnamese tourist Doan Thi Ngoc Diep told AFP after leaving the plane.
In Australia, Qantas Airways said it would suspend its two direct flight routes to mainland China from Feb 9 in response to travel restrictions imposed by some countries.
The national carrier’s direct flights from Sydney to Beijing and Sydney to Shanghai will be halted until March 29, it said on Saturday.
Cebu Air, the Philippines’ largest budget carrier, said it would halt all China flights from Sunday. The suspensions will last until March 29.
Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have become the first US carriers to suspend all flights to China. Delta said its suspension would last from Feb 6 through April 30, while American has halted flights from Saturday until March 27.
Earlier, the Air Line Pilots Association secured agreements with United Airlines and Delta to allow pilots to decline to fly to China if they have concerns about travelling there, according to union representatives.
European carriers including British Airways and Air France had already halted flights to China.
In other developments on Saturday:
Vietnam reported its sixth confirmed infection, a 25-year-old female hotel receptionist who had contact with two Chinese men who tested positive for the virus, according to the health ministry.
Authorities in the south-central province of Quang Ngai ordered industrial parks to place about 300 Chinese workers under a 14-day quarantine and test them for the virus, the VnExpress news website reported.
Papua New Guinea, with limited resources to deal with a major public-health threat, has gone further than nearly any other country: it has shut its air and seaports to all foreign travellers coming from Asia. It also shut its only land border with the Indonesia-controlled province of West Papua.
Indonesia will evacuate 245 of its nationals living in Wuhan and other towns in Hubei province, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said. They have undergone tests and been declared free of coronavirus, she said.
The Hong Kong government has found 49 people from Hubei after searching about 500 hotels, and will send them to quarantine centres or help them leave the city, according to Sophia Chan, secretary for food and health. About 30 of them have either left or plan to depart Hong Kong, she said.
China will require those returning to Hubei to get approval from local prevention bureaus first, according to the provincial government’s official WeChat account.
The Hubei provincial government has extended the Lunar New Year holiday break to Feb 13 as it seeks to curb the outbreak that first emerged in Wuhan.
South Korea confirmed another case of coronavirus, bringing the total there to 12.
The country evacuated 333 citizens from Wuhan in a second charter flight that landed in Seoul on Saturday. About seven of those on the flight showed symptoms associated with the virus and were sent to hospital, the report said.
In Japan, three more returnees from Wuhan have tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said.
They are among the Japanese nationals who returned on government-chartered flights earlier in the week and are in addition to 17 people already found to have been infected.
Russia said it would evacuate more than 2,500 of its citizens holidaying on China’s Hainan island, far from the epicentre of the virus.
In the United States, the government has put about 200 US citizens repatriated from Wuhan under legal quarantine at March Air Reserve Base in Southern California. The group includes State Department personnel, family members, children and other Americans. It’s the first time such a policy has been used in the US since the 1960s, when a quarantine order was issued to stop the spread of smallpox.
The economic impact of the health crisis is expected to be substantial, with one report predicting automobile output will fall by 32%. Plant closings that last into mid-March would cut production by 1.7 million cars, the research group IHS Markit said.
Expectations were already bleak as the year began, with the firm predicting a 10% drop in first-quarter output.
The potential hit in lost global growth could total $160 billion, according to Warwick McKibbin, a professor of economics at Australian National University. The effect of this outbreak could be three to four times larger than the blow from Sars.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
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Thanks kindly Pete for your time and effort in researching and updating this thread.
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No problems. It's an important one and people need to be kept up to date.
I have a feeling at the moment that things may be going a bit too far concerning restrictions being initiated, but hopefully proper logic will prevail going forward.
The wife and daughter were at Central Festival in Pattaya today and it was empty of Chinese tourists. 90% Thai and the rest Western per their assessment.
I have a feeling at the moment that things may be going a bit too far concerning restrictions being initiated, but hopefully proper logic will prevail going forward.
The wife and daughter were at Central Festival in Pattaya today and it was empty of Chinese tourists. 90% Thai and the rest Western per their assessment.
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As always,spot on PeteC,and i am for sure not the only one that reads and considers your advise.
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First death outside China reported in Philippines
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51345855
A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the virus's first confirmed fatality outside China.
The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province, where the virus was first detected.
He appeared to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines, the World Health Organization said.
More than 300 people have died in the outbreak so far, the vast majority from Hubei, and more than 14,000 people worldwide have been infected.
The man developed severe pneumonia after being admitted to a hospital in the capital Manila, the Philippines Department of Health said.
He arrived in the Philippines with a Chinese woman who had also tested positive for the virus, it added.
Rabindra Abeyasinghe, the WHO representative to the Philippines, said: "This is the first reported death outside China.
"However, we need to take into mind that this is not a locally acquired case. This patient came from the epicentre of this outbreak."
The man's death was confirmed shortly after the Philippines announced it would also immediately halt the arrivals of any foreign travellers from China.
It comes as countries around the world close their borders to people coming from China, as officials work to control the rapid spread of the virus.
The US and Australia have said they will deny entry to all foreign visitors who had recently been to China, where the 2019-nCov strain of the coronavirus first emerged in December.
Other countries including New Zealand, Russia, Japan, Pakistan and Italy have also announced similar travel restrictions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51345855
A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the virus's first confirmed fatality outside China.
The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province, where the virus was first detected.
He appeared to have been infected before arriving in the Philippines, the World Health Organization said.
More than 300 people have died in the outbreak so far, the vast majority from Hubei, and more than 14,000 people worldwide have been infected.
The man developed severe pneumonia after being admitted to a hospital in the capital Manila, the Philippines Department of Health said.
He arrived in the Philippines with a Chinese woman who had also tested positive for the virus, it added.
Rabindra Abeyasinghe, the WHO representative to the Philippines, said: "This is the first reported death outside China.
"However, we need to take into mind that this is not a locally acquired case. This patient came from the epicentre of this outbreak."
The man's death was confirmed shortly after the Philippines announced it would also immediately halt the arrivals of any foreign travellers from China.
It comes as countries around the world close their borders to people coming from China, as officials work to control the rapid spread of the virus.
The US and Australia have said they will deny entry to all foreign visitors who had recently been to China, where the 2019-nCov strain of the coronavirus first emerged in December.
Other countries including New Zealand, Russia, Japan, Pakistan and Italy have also announced similar travel restrictions.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source