Traveling in Times of Coronavirus

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ATTENTION: Latest reports from social media say that if you arrive in Vietnam from South Korea you will be automatically locked up in quarantine for 14 days. You may want to reconsider your travel plans.
** ANYONE TRAVELLING FROM KOREA TO VIETNAM **

Flights arriving in Vietnam from Korea are being forced into mandatory 14 day quarantine. The passengers didn't know this until they arrived, total surprise. Because quarantine facilities are full, they're sleeping in the airport, and only given a small sandwich to eat.

Pretty messed up situation, and shameful that these flights haven't been cancelled!! Make sure you are keeping up to date and researching travel restrictions, because you might not know.
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Follow the money.
JP Morgan Chase said it is “restricting all international travel to essential travel only,” due to the continued spread of the virus
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jp-m ... SKCN20M0EX
along with a growing list of other Fortune 500's.

Maybe better sell my Aeroflot shares??
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Flights are being slashed to South Korean destinations:

South Korean flights falter
By TTR WEEKLY -
February 28, 2020
VIENTIANE, 28 February 2020: Lao Airlines will halt flights to South Korea 1 March following a spike in cancellations and an absence of future bookings.

According to a report in the Laotian Times, the airline said recent flights were “empty from Seoul to Vientiane while many South Koreans have stopped travelling overseas.”

On the plus side, Lao Airlines will add a new service from Vientiane to Danang in central Vietnam from 29 March using the 70-seat ATR72.

The flight will operate three times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday) departing Vientiane at 1110 and arriving in Danang 1250. The return flight will depart at 1350 and arrive in Vientiane at 1535,

Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has cancelled flights to Seoul from Cam Ranh and Danang in central Vietnam effective from 26 February to 28 March.

In South Korea, Air Busan is cutting service to cities in Asia. Destinations affected are Taipei; Danang, Vietnam; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Hanoi, Vietnam; Vientiane, Vietnam; Cebu, Philippines; Boracay, Philippines; Siem Reap, Cambodia; Kota Kinabalu and Malaysia.

The airline has also cut services to Daegu, South Korea, where the coronavirus is rapidly spreading.

Air Seoul cuts flights to seven destinations outside of China, the airline announced, with cancellations to Guam, Danang, Vietnam; Hanoi, Vietnam; Nha Trang, Vietnam; Boracay, Philippines; Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; and Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Asiana Airlines reduces flights from Seoul to Thailand and Vietnam and suspends flights to Daegu that has the highest reported cases of Covid-19 in South Korea.

South Korea’s Jin Air cuts services from Busan and Seoul to cities in Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Guam, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

Vietnam Airlines cuts services from Hanoi to Seoul, but other services out of Ho Chi Minh city remain intact.

Korean Air suspends all flights to Daegu from Jeju and Seoul. The national carrier has cut services to Taipei, Taiwan.
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Is there any way to combine all the Carona threads?
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Having a travel thread for coronavirus is handy as it saves people time from trawling through a 100+ page thread looking for specific information.
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Coronavirus travel advice: The latest travel bans, border closures and restrictions

Here is the latest travel advice from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is publishing regular updates for those planning to travel abroad.
As of February 29 at 9am, a total of 10,483 people have been tested for the illness in the UK, of which 10,460 were confirmed negative and 23 positive.

The current advice is to stay indoors and avoid contact with other people immediately if you’ve travelled to the UK from:
Hubei province in China in the last 14 days, even if you do not have symptoms
Iran, lockdown areas in northern Italy or special care zones in South Korea since February 19, even if you do not have symptoms
Other parts of mainland China or South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan or Thailand in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath (even if your symptoms are mild)
Other parts of northern Italy (anywhere north of Pisa, Florence and Rimini), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar or Vietnam since February 19 and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath (even if your symptoms are mild)

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/no ... s-17839025
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This was posted elsewhere: Mandatory health checks at the border to enter Vietnam from Cambodia and Laos.
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Thailand authorities have decided that visitors arriving from France and Germany are high risk for COVID-19. However, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Laos are not on the radar, due to the low numbers of infections officially reported.

New anti-virus measures for foreign visitors and Thais returning from high risk areas
March 3, 2020
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Thailand’s Public Health Ministry, via a ministerial announcement, has designated nine countries and two territories as high risk areas for COVID-19, and visitors to Thailand from these areas will be subject to 14-day home quarantine and will have to adhere to health related follow-up measures.

The nine countries, defined by Thailand as “high risk”, are Japan, South Korea, Germany, China, Taiwan, France, Singapore, Italy and Iran, and the two territories are Macau and Hong Kong.

Ministerial announcements specify the following four measures for enforcement:

Visitors and Thai citizens returning from the high risk areas will be subject to 14-days home quarantine, even if they are cleared of the disease, unless they have permission from health officials.

Those who do not have a permanent residence or lodging in Thailand are required to show officials, upon arrival, evidence of where officials can locate them during the 14-day period.

Those who have flu-like symptoms upon their arrival, such as a body temperature exceeding 37.5oC, a runny nose, sore throat or breathing difficulties, will be sent to state hospitals for further testing, treatment or quarantine, depending on the seriousness of the illness.

For those who cannot produce evidence of a formal lodging, such as a hotel or hostel, during their visit in Thailand, immigration officials are authorized to send them back home or to allow them entry subject to 14-days of self-quarantine.

Foreign visitors or Thai returnees from the high risk areas are required to file a daily report on their health with designated health officials during the quarantine period and, if they become unwell or suspect they may be sick, they must inform health officials within three hours so that they can undergo further testing, receive treatment or be isolated.

All the medical expenses incurred will be borne by the individuals themselves.
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Why are they allowed to travel if coming from suspected county's and some may have already transited though another airport.
If I unknowingly end up sharing a flight with these people can I claim compensation from the airlines or airport for related costs if I need to isolate myself and medical costs as it's the airlines that have put me at risk .
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What exactly is isolating oneself , staying in hotel getting takeaways?
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