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MORE THAN 60% of commercial flights in and out of Beijing have been cancelled amid a new coronavirus outbreak.
The Communist Party’s Global Times said 1,255 flights to and from the capital’s two airports had been shelved as of Wednesday morning, equivalent to 67% of outgoing and 68% of incoming flights.
Beijing has enacted a number of measures to limit travel in and out of the city, especially among those coming from districts where new cases have been detected.
The city of more than 21 million people had essentially eradicated cases of local transmission but in recent days has added 137 new cases with no new deaths.
Beijing today raised its threat level from 3 to 2, leading to the cancellation of classes, suspension of plans for opening up and stiffened requirements for social distancing.
No official public notice on a change in regulations has been issued by China’s civil aviation authority or by either Beijing Capital Airport – traditionally the world’s second busiest handling more than 101 million passengers – or Beijing Daxing International Airport.
Meanwhile, several provinces were quarantining travellers from Beijing, where all schools – which had mostly reopened – have been ordered to close again and return to online classes.
“The epidemic situation in the capital is extremely severe,” Beijing city spokesman Xu Hejian warned yesterday.
Let this be a warning to anyone thinking of booking any flights with Ryanair anytime soon, if this spreads again the flights will be cancelled and good luck getting a refund from them! Best to write this year off holiday-wise and see how things pan out.
Before you try to doubt about their figure, see how serious do they deal with it
@Godknows: ya their moving quick
@Godknows: Indeed. All those countries that have well controlled the epidemic do the same things, take it seriously, act fast, and leave no case behind.
@Godknows: yes you are spot on my partner is currently in China for the last 13 months due to a major family illness I’ve seen measures that were in place we video talk several times a day and I can assure you they have taken it very serious from the first outbreak the resources they committed was immense I have videos of military and medical resources they put in place I couldn’t believe the amount of people that they used to fight the virus and Lockdown.
And that is what a prompt reaction means. We’re still here discussing mandatory masks . I went on Dublin bus 4 times this week and only two people wearing them including me . Teenagers coughing and sniffling all over the bus . People are not even opening the windows which is crazy .
@Isabel Oliveira: Completely agree. There have been teenagers coming in with either fractures or other conditions, coming back positive, because of the mandatory testing. They are A Symptomatic. However dangerous to vulnerable people.
@Kate Mchugh: I’ve noticed that as well , what’s with the bunches of teenage fractures ? I’ve seen a lot with broken legs.
I started working from the office twice per week and the bus journey is so stressing, you’re gambling your health because nobody is wearing masks . One of the young lads yesterday was coughing , sniffling and no mask, another one coughing . This has been happening in every bus journey. They may well have a simple cold but surely at this stage everyone should be aware not to be in closed public spaces like this.
@Isabel Oliveira: teenagers will be the cause of the second wave. As soon as they were allowed out(they were out anyway, the parents didn’t care) zero social distancing, walking around in packs, hugging each other. Never once had I seen one with a mask/gloves, barely sanitising walking into shops. They have no clue about what’s going on, just enjoying their 6 months off school. Now it’s not all teenagers, because those with sense stayed at home.
@Isabel Oliveira: It’s bizarre that the parents of these teens allow their kids to roam in packs with other teenagers. Are these parents (who would likely be in a higher risk category) not afraid their child could be bringing home covid-19 into the family and possibly sending them to a ventilator?
@Tracktrack: two weeks ago I had to use the emergency veterinary hospital in UCD and we drove back home passing the bridge over the canal , I was mesmerised to see a group of well over 50 young people all drinking crammed in a tiny area , albeit in the open air. Just crazy .
@neuromancer: if your vulnerable stay at home! These teenagers are allowed to live their lives too!
@Tracktrack: Considering the threat to u65s is slight i doubt the parents are too bothered and rightly so.
@Dino: So teenagers and their parents shouldn’t be too bothered about taking precautions to protect the elderly and vulnerable population as this would be getting in the way of them having the craic? Are we living in Sparta?
@Dino: t . It’s people’s right to go to work without having to worry about being infected in public transport . And it’s people’s right that others behave responsibly and don’t walk around as if nothing is happening . They can live their life and be careful .
China needs to look at the model of wet market’s.
@johnnyteeling: it’s a seafood market . The virus didn’t come from the seafood it came from people .
We are still very much learning about this disease, and I know the economy is making countries move faster in opening up places again. However I do know from my experience the more people that get it, the more strength it gathers and the more deadly it becomes.
@Kate Mchugh: Alarmist nonsense: “The virus mutations, like what’s going around in Italy and also New York, don’t seem to be any more infectious or fatal than the original strain that appeared in Wuhan, China, in late December.
Though there’s the very rare chance a virus could mutate to be more aggressive, if anything, RNA viruses are more likely to mutate into a weaker version.
“Nearly all mutations will make some part of the virus work less well than before. The most common thing is for mutations to appear and die out again quickly,” said Dr. Benjamin Neuman, the head of the biology department at Texas A&M University-Texarkana.”
From: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-to-know-about-mutation-and-covid-19
So it looks like we will get a second wave of the virus
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