Emirates continues to operate to the US????
Who is scared of whom?
I realise this is a slightly glib comment and not fully researched in a statistical sense, but why would the USA deem arrivals from the UAE to be any more dangerous than its’ own citizens?
I recently flew back from Oman to the UK for some leave with my family. If I’m honest, I don’t think that journey has decreased my chances of infection.
Oman is dealing very well with the illness. Maybe UAE is similarly well prepared.
Oman has shown how autocratic governments are more able to bring in draconian measures without complaint from the population. So far at least.
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I recently flew back from Oman to the UK for some leave with my family. If I’m honest, I don’t think that journey has decreased my chances of infection.
Oman is dealing very well with the illness. Maybe UAE is similarly well prepared.
Oman has shown how autocratic governments are more able to bring in draconian measures without complaint from the population. So far at least.
BV
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Bit optimistic to think all 20k are still flying, things are pretty quiet everywhere as far as flights goes.
The missing US test kits are of your own CDCs making, don't blame the rest of the world for an American failure.
Yes results do take 24-72hrs, but you would be stretched to find a crew member with any back to back flying at the moment, also flights to the USA require at least 48hrs off prior so likely to have a result before then.
Go to the bar or don't, that's up to you, but know that crew isn't out at the bar back in Dubai, they are all closed, and the crew are all locked down.
The missing US test kits are of your own CDCs making, don't blame the rest of the world for an American failure.
Yes results do take 24-72hrs, but you would be stretched to find a crew member with any back to back flying at the moment, also flights to the USA require at least 48hrs off prior so likely to have a result before then.
Go to the bar or don't, that's up to you, but know that crew isn't out at the bar back in Dubai, they are all closed, and the crew are all locked down.
So everything is locked down in Dubai now? Restaurants the mall and the like? Everything is closed including the massage parlors? You can’t tell by crew Facebook pictures.
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See latest update.
Having received requests from governments and customers to support the repatriation of travellers, Emirates will continue to operate passenger and cargo flights to the following countries until further notice, as long as borders remain open, and there is demand: the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, South Africa, USA, and Canada. The situation remains dynamic, and travellers can check flight status on emirates.com.
Having received requests from governments and customers to support the repatriation of travellers, Emirates will continue to operate passenger and cargo flights to the following countries until further notice, as long as borders remain open, and there is demand: the UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, South Africa, USA, and Canada. The situation remains dynamic, and travellers can check flight status on emirates.com.
"The man told the restaurant he and his crew did not care to follow the rules and they were leaving Auckland on Tuesday, "so who cares"."
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12318914
"The man told the restaurant he and his crew did not care to follow the rules and they were leaving Auckland on Tuesday, "so who cares"."
"The man told the restaurant he and his crew did not care to follow the rules and they were leaving Auckland on Tuesday, "so who cares"."
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When did I blame the rest of the world for a failure of the Obama administration? He flooded the CDC with money and made them a lazy lot much like the US postal service. The US takes full responsibility for the failures of Obama. Despite Trump trying to get them back into shape by cutting funding and trimming the fat they have still been unable to produce a vaccine or a reasonable number of test kits. A poor performance by the CDC for sure!
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Now they have been forced to suspend all flights.
(quoting an official announcement on Twitter, March 23rd)
The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management & UAE General Civil Aviation Authority suspends all inbound, outbound passenger flights, transit of airline passengers effective after 48hrs and for a duration of two weeks.
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Bit I am not getting is that when observing the strict lockdown in Italy, for example, how come cases are still increasing and deaths still increasing ?
We still get lots of conflicting info too . RADGIRL tells us the virus is blasted out into the ether and lives on Cardboard for 24hrs. My info was that it does not survive "for very long on cardboard". Yikes, just cancelled me take-away balti !
We still get lots of conflicting info too . RADGIRL tells us the virus is blasted out into the ether and lives on Cardboard for 24hrs. My info was that it does not survive "for very long on cardboard". Yikes, just cancelled me take-away balti !
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