Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:08 PM
Omaha Steve (71,697 posts)
Europe evacuates citizens from China, Russia shuts border
Source: AP
By BARRY HATTON LISBON, Portugal (AP) — European countries stepped up efforts Thursday to contain the virus sweeping through central China, sending a chartered airliner there to evacuate hundreds of European citizens, scrapping more commercial flights to Chinese destinations and keeping some 7,000 people on a cruise ship while one possibly infected passenger got tested. Signaling intensifying international concern, the World Health Organization in Gen declared the viral outbreak that has sickened more than 7,800 people and caused 170 deaths in China as a global emergency, while Russia closed its long border with the Asian giant. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin issued a decree ordering the temporary closure of the border, which extends for 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles). In addition, all train traffic between Russia and China was halted except for one train connecting Moscow and Beijing. A passenger airliner enlisted for the evacuation took off Thursday morning from a former Portuguese military airport southeast of Lisbon carrying only the pilots and crew. 
The Costa Smeralda cruise ship is docked in the Civitavecchia port near Rome, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Italian health authorities are screening passengers aboard after a passenger from Macao came down with flu-like symptoms amid the global scare about a new virus. Passengers are being kept on board pending check to determine the type of virus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Read more: https://apnews.com/9e2536bf7c7a3cd03b80688e476ed822
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Author | Time | Post |
 Europe evacuates citizens from China, Russia shuts border (Original post) |
Omaha Steve | Jan 30 | OP |
| Sherman A1 | Jan 30 | #1 | |
| Leghorn21 | Jan 30 | #2 | |
| Igel | Jan 30 | #3 | |
| Rainbow Droid | Jan 30 | #4 | |
| dewsgirl | Jan 31 | #5 | |
| Sapient Donkey | Jan 31 | #6 | |
| dalton99a | Jan 31 | #7 | |
| Withywindle | Feb 1 | #8 | |
| Baclava | Feb 1 | #9 |
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:12 PM
Sherman A1 (27,589 posts)
1. Getting real serious
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 04:23 PM
2. I think that right at this moment, we'll remember what life was like "before" Coronavirus and
Response to Leghorn21 (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 05:10 PM
3. I'm only marginally concerned at this point.
Response to Igel (Reply #3)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 05:47 PM
4. Even 10 cases at 10 schools won't lead to anything that kills more than gun violence does every year
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 06:33 AM
dewsgirl (11,141 posts)
5. I'm pretty sure I saw Moscow diagnosed their first case, yesterday.
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I don't know if that is official.
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:54 AM
6. On twitter I've been seeing people arguing that stopping flights is xenophobic/racist
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 01:54 AM
8. I might be missing something here
Response to Withywindle (Reply #8)
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 10:27 AM
9. The passengers on flights coming out are being screened and tested and quarantined, not just let go
