The chinese were not going to fly them out! But we, and others
intervened and insisted they were evacuated to their home nations,
with the result that at least 23 Nations now have the virus confirmed
in their communities! These cases would not have been present now
if they were still out there!
I ask again, imagine if it were bubonic plague or something??
Where would we be now?
Its a very simple, if uncomfortable concept Zuleika!
Donkeyman!
NHS orders ‘assessment pods’ in England hospitals
Every hospital in England is being asked to create “priority assessment pods” for patients with suspected coronavirus, the NHS has said.
Patients who are concerned they may have the virus are still advised to isolate themselves and call 111.
But the contingency measure is intended to prevent any patients who do arrive at hospital from mixing with vulnerable patients.
The secure areas are expected to be introduced by Friday.
:shock:
Sounds like the cats out of the bag Omah??
Donkeyman!
A new case confirmed in the UK
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-third-confirmed-case-in-uk-11927624
I doubt it was spread by those who were flown in official evacuation planes
The third confirmed case , Brighton , travelled from Singapore .
What is an official evacuation plane Annie?
And what about transit from the planes to the facility?
We have allready seen unprotected coach drivers driving suspect
evacuees from the planes! And only heard rumours that they will
be given two weeks payed holiday to cover the incubation period??
All seems a bit slapdash to me?
It may, and probably will imo, turn out ok this time, but there WILL
be a next time, how will we react??
You have more faith in the powers that be than me Annie??
Donkeyman!
I am not scaremongering I’m telling what I heard. I have a friend who has been sent to Scarborough to lay foundations for an isolation hospital to do with the corona virus. I have no reason to lie Zuleika.
I want people to stay over there because I sure as hell don’t want this evil virus that is killing people. I’m not ready to die just yet and that could quite possibly happen if I caught it as I have poorly lungs having COPD. Call me selfish, that’s fine with me but if truth be known there are many people out there thinking just like me.
By the way, there are 3 who have died. We all know flu spreads like wildfire. It is very frightening what is happening.
They were NOT suspect evacuees they were people who wanted to come back to the UK. The same as ones coming back this coming Sunday .
Why are you doubting the coach drivers would not be given paid holiday ? All the coaches were going to be taken out of service and disinfected .
You’re simply scaremongering imo.
Zuleika, by the fact they were present in china at the time they were
there, they became suspected of being infected with the virus!
Do you propose that because of their selfish wish to be repatriated
the rest of the planet should be exposed to the same risks as them??
It makes no sense!
Regarding the coach drivers free holidays l can only refer you to
Zero hours contracts etc! etc!
It is not the way society works any more!!!
Donkeyman!
The second cohort of Wuhan evacuees has arrived into quarantine on Christmas Island.
Thirty-five Australian citizens and permanent residents landed on the remote island territory just before 5am Thursday.
The group, which included 13 children and infants, had been travelling for 28 hours, flying from Wuhan to Auckland, before boarding an A319 jet which flew to Brisbane, then Exmouth and, finally, Western Australia.
The group touched down just before sunrise on Christmas Island, walking on to buses waiting on the tarmac which drove straight from the airport. All were wearing masks.
They are being kept separate from the other evacuees who enter their 4th day of isolation.
Why all the flying round the houses before getting to Xmas island
Brucy? Something go wrong??
Donkeyman!
LQ I don’t wish to sound pedantic or unkind but you are still giving out misinformation in here .
I will take your last sentence first . There are 3 confirmed cases of Coronovirus in the UK not people who have died
Two are in isolation in aNewcastle hospital the third one taken to a London hospital today from Brighton . He had been to Singapore not China .
I am not accusing you of lying , simply giving out misinformation .
The foundations of a place in Scarborough might well be for preparation of people who need isolation to be treated .
I am not accusing you of being selfish but what are the chances of you picking the virus up person to person in the UK ?
Depends on how many friends a person has, supposedly.
Or how many visits to communal places are required.
Another one in York - taken by people in HasMat suits - from student accommodation and sent to an isolation place - probably Newcastle.
Am I the only one who thinks that this seems a tad more serious than Sars? The doctor who first alerted to the seriousness of this has died of the virus. I think the NHS is taking this very seriously. Nothing in the news yet about a new hospital in Scarborough. Perhaps its just a prefab type unit to isolate the infected?
Whether they are a"super spreader"
The one in York, all it takes is for that person to sneeze or cough in the student accommodation and infect all those around them. Some of those in the student accommodation decide to drive to meet friends or family who live in another county, not knowing they’ve been infected because it takes a few weeks for the symptoms to show, according to medical experts (what I’ve read in the national tabloids).
As others have mentioned, over the years there have been many virus that have killed lots of people around the world, Spanish Flu, swine flu, bird flu BUT they’ve never been able to get a foothold in the UK even though people have been infected because of the UK’s climate, it’s not suitable for many viruses to survive. I have a suspicion that this latest virus will go the same way.
Have you a link to that ? Nothing on Sky breaking news ,nor other news agencies about that .
The student was one of two people taken to Newcastle the other day .
[I]A student who contracted coronavirus returned to his apartment but did not come into contact with other residents, the University of York said today.
The unnamed student, who is being treated with a relative at a specialist facility in Newcastle, was not in the Vita Student block on Lawrence Street when he came into contact with the virus but “did return to their room on one occasion and stayed overnight”, the university said, as it moved to reassure other students[/I]