Coronavirus (COVID-19) Respiratory illness - Effect on Travel

ja1 said:
So he didn't actually stay at home and cancel. And he wasn't sick. And he presumably had the benefit of watching another medical colleague get flogged for following government guidelines. And decided to go above and beyond what he's required to do.

Good on him but not exactly compelling as to 'its not that hard really' for the original..
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It's really very simple. He put the decision making in the hands of his clients - how simple is that!

Guess what, he's now having another holiday because everyone cancelled. Power to the people in all its glory....
 
There seems to be an increasing number of people who flying out of the USA are infected.

It makes one wonder how many people are ally infected in the USA.

With Italy, Italian travellers or those who had visited Italy were notable as infected others outside Italy.

It makes me wonder if USA is about to be Italy Mark 2 with Trump being notable in not taking Covid 19 as seriously as one would think he should be.
 
It just maybe because a security operator at LAX was infected with Covid 19.not hard to imagine that could have caused a few cases.
 
lovetravellingoz said:
There seems to be an increasing number of people who flying out of the USA are infected.

It makes one wonder how many people are ally infected in the USA.

With Italy, Italian travellers or those who had visited Italy were notable as infected others outside Italy.

It makes me wonder if USA is about to be Italy Mark 2 with Trump being notable in not taking Covid 19 as seriously as one would think he should be.
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Don't bother yourself worrying about Trump, USA, Italy or anyone else - their destination is the same as ours.
 
amaroo said:
Don't bother yourself worrying about Trump, USA, Italy or anyone else - their destination is the same as ours.
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The journey is very important, and in this case crucial.

Countries that can flatten their infection curve will greatly decrease the demands on their health system. Patients will gain better care and the economy will be less disrupted. More chance too, that more people may be vaccinated before they get infection (ie in year 2)

Rampant infection rates can also mean that the destination becomes a much, much grimmer one too.


It is much better that a countries population gets infected at as slow a rate as possible.
 
lovetravellingoz said:
The journey is very important, and in this case crucial.

Countries that can flatten their infection curve will greatly decrease the demands on their health system. Patients will gain better care and the economy will be less disrupted. More chance too, that more people may be vaccinated before they get infection (ie in year 2)

Rampant infection rates can also mean that the destination becomes a much, much grimmer one too.


It is much better that a countries population gets infected at as slow a rate as possible.
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I agree, that's why I think having things like Formula 1 teams arrive and race held in Australia will result in the exact opposite of what you're describing - it's just not F1, but you get my drift.

and, don't forget - the USA was the first to act on closing the border to the Chinese .... doesn't sound like the action of a country blind to the issue. Do you recall the xenophobic rubbish sent towards the USA for being the first to close the border?
 
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Is anyone able to advise the travel implications of the declaration of a Pandemic?
 
Pushka said:
Is anyone able to advise the travel implications of the declaration of a Pandemic?
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If you're asking if there's a suitably qualified person to make a comment, then 'no' ? :-)

If you're asking what this changes ? Actually not very much from what was already happening here.

An official declaration simply means that governments now have less room to make decisions on quarantining and other measures as they would be measured against a formal global context.

Previously it was essentially a series of bilateral or unilateral decisions and now it will be politically easier to make announcements in a multilateral context.

Obvious things are that travel insurance will look simpler as instead of interpretations and ambiguity there is a straightforward lack of coverage unless you buy specific (and expensive?) policies. It's not like there is NO travel insurance. It's just the junk travel insurance is now more obviously not going to be appropriate if you think you have cover - so the risk is clearer.

I really cannot see too much changing only in that most governments were already ahead of the WHO (which is no criticism of the WHO) in activating measures to manage this and all that has happened is formalised processes that were already underway from the travel side of things.
 
amaroo said:
and, don't forget - the USA was the first to act on closing the border to the Chinese .... doesn't sound like the action of a country blind to the issue. Do you recall the xenophobic rubbish sent towards the USA for being the first to close the border?
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Not quite.

North Korea is the first country to close its borders with China. The USA may be the second to disallow people travelling from mainland China into the USA..

It's worth pointing out that NK *has* an actual border with China which the USA does not.

The USA (and Australia - at around the same time!) simply announced restrictions on Chinese nationals or in effect any nationals other than their own in travelling to the US, from China. It didn't actually close the border in not allowing (any) people to travel back to the US..
 
President Trump has just announced all European flights, except UK, banned from US for 30 days

abcnews.go.com

Trump announces travel from Europe to be restricted amid coronavirus threat

President Trump announces travel restrictions amid coronavirus threat, but there are exemptions for the United Kingdom and Americans who have undergone screenings.
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com

Obviously timed for the close of markets which is the right thing.

Ban becomes effective Friday midnight - presumably allowing the late PM arrivals in to the USA then nothing else. Details still a bit sketchy
 
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