COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[kaz7]

The US president said the sanctions will come into effect from midnight - but will not apply to flights from the UK.


He blamed the European Union for not acting quickly enough to address the outbreak of the virus and said US clusters were "seeded" by European travellers.

The president said the US would monitor the situation to determine if travel could be reopened earlier.

Mr Trump said "we are marshalling the full power" of the government and private sector to protect the American people

 

[crooky]

Surely this is going to be bad for us as everyone will just filter through the UK?

Definitely a time to avoid Heathrow if it’s going to be even busier than usual.

EDIT - Now Tom Hanks and his wife have tested positive for CV. It’s all going down in the early hours this morning.

 

[MCFC1993]

One things for sure it's probably not the time right to discuss it now but when this is all over there needs to be a permanent worldwide ban on the wet markets that caused this.

SARS was the first warning, this is the final warning.

 

[MCFC1993]

NBA season suspended:


On top of this they actually postponed a game whilst everyone was already in the stadium:

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I bet it’s kicking off big time in the US, we just can’t see it in the official figures.

 

[super_city_si]

NBA season suspended:


On top of this they actually postponed a game whilst everyone was already in the stadium:

Wow. One of the players on Utah tested positive. I bet it’s rampant there, they just don’t test. That’s a huge move. Fuck all chance of The champions league finishing.

 

[BLUEinTheUSA]

And now Tom Hanks has it too. Caught it in Australia, apparently.

 

[TCIB]

NBA season suspended:


On top of this they actually postponed a game whilst everyone was already in the stadium:

Wow, fair play to them for making the decision.

 

[TCIB]

And now Tom Hanks has it too. Caught it in Australia, apparently.

WTF, if it bumps him off i'll be really pissed off.

 

[BobKowalski]

A Europe wide travel ban is dumb, especially if you can fly from Belfast and not Dublin. A ban on cargo (is this right?) is just going to tank the markets even further.

The UK being exempt won’t last until Friday as we start shuttering parts of the economy unless Trump still thinks no one in the UK has it. Assuming Trump thinks that is.

Weird.