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posted by janrinok on Sunday February 02 2020, @05:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the closing-the-barn-door dept.

In the wake of the Coronavirus spreading across the world Australian airline Qantas has cancelled flights from China as the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced "new control measures" to prevent anyone traveling from China to Australia. The official advice is now that Australians "do not travel" to mainland China. This comes as the number of infected people rose to 12 on Saturday with three new cases across Victoria and South Australia.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced unprecedented new control measures that will see all non-Australians travelling from mainland China barred entry at the border in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus. The official advice is now that Australians "do not travel" to mainland China.

The tough new measures, announced on Saturday afternoon, come as the number of Australians confirmed to have contracted coronavirus rose to 12 on Saturday with three new cases across Victoria and South Australia.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today called for all flights to be banned from China while Qantas said it would suspend services to mainland China.

At a press conference late this afternoon, Mr Morrison said all foreign travellers who had left or passed through mainland China 14 days before arriving in Australia will now be denied entry to the country.

In recent days British Airways, United Airlines, American Airlines, Air Asia, Cathay Pacific, Air India, IndiGo, Lufthansa and Finnair have announced plans to slash the number of flights they are operating to China or stop flying to the country entirely. Other airlines are offering customers refunds.

[UPDATE 020220-07:14UTC: First death from coronavirus reported outside China in the Philippines. For those wanting more complete reporting of coronavirus outbreak, CBS News has a live update web page with news as it is reported. --JR]


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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Sunday February 02 2020, @08:02AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 02 2020, @08:02AM (#952667) Journal

    I know that I can't compare to congress. Every joke they tell becomes a law, and every law they pass is a joke. Stolen from Will Rogers, or Buck Rogers, or some such.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @08:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @08:08AM (#952668)

    That's a little better. Try a bit more conservative shtick next time, though.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @09:45PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 02 2020, @09:45PM (#952869)

      Yes, a non-white non-male non-middle aged person needs to get demeaned else it's not a joke.

  • (Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Sunday February 02 2020, @09:56AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Sunday February 02 2020, @09:56AM (#952681)

    "Compared to them I’m an amateur, and the thing about my jokes is that they don’t hurt anybody. You can say they’re not funny or they’re terrible or they’re good or whatever it is, but they don’t do no harm. But with Congress — every time they make a joke it’s a law. And every time they make a law it’s a joke."

    Will Rogers.

    You were right the first time.
    No improvement since his time......unfortunately....

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