Royal Caribbean bans Chinese passport-holders from its ships
After
four guests on one of its ships were hospitalized to be tested for the new coronavirus,
Royal Caribbean announced it is banning all Chinese passport-holders from its ships.
“Any guests holding a Chinese, Hong Kong, or Macau passport, regardless of when they were there last, will not be allowed to board our ships,” the company said. “Regardless of nationality, any guest or crewmember traveling from, to, or through mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau less than 15 days prior to their sailing will be unable to board any of our ships.”
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I am glad whenever I see restrictions that are not just limited to the Hubei province, as we know Guangdong for example is highly infected as well, and has also proven to have accounts of spread from human to human transmissions, for example S. Korea patient. I’m worried that some of the protective measures that were initially geared only towards Wuhan/Hubei may have been helpful only partially.
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Beginning some research this morning as related to Guangdong:
Chinese cities try to flush out coronavirus patients by stopping cough medicine sales
February 9, 2020
“At least three Chinese cities announced in the past week that they would stop the sale of medicines for fever and cough,
two of the major symptoms for the new virus, so that people will go to hospitals for treatment instead of self-medicating and staying home. Other symptoms of the virus include muscle ache and shortness of breath, which can then progress to more severe respiratory distress.
Hangzhou, an eastern city
of almost 10 million that is home to Alibaba and many other Chinese tech giants,
announced on Friday(Feb. 7, link in Chinese) that on the advice of its coronavirus management team, all pharmacies in the city would
stop selling fever and cough medications (link in Chinese) effective the next day. The measure will apply as long as the city remains at the
highest level of public health alert level. “Citizens with these symptoms should go to the hospital as soon as possible,” the notice said.
Following Hangzhou,
Ningbo and
Sanya (link in Chinese), two southern Chinese cities with a combined population of nearly 8.6 million, also announced over the weekend they would halt the sale of the two medicines, to better track and treat the coronavirus. Southern Guangdong province, home to the tech hub Shenzhen that borders Hong Kong, has
asked residents (link in Chinese) to register with their real names at medicine stores when they purchase the two drugs, so officials can follow up with them.”
