MidlandsExpat1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:59 pm Hi guys,

I'm looking at getting a flight back to England in the next week or so.

Obviously none of them are direct. Does anyone know if countries limitations apply for people in transit?

One flight, for example, goes via Malaysia. Another goes via Beijing. Another via Vietnam.

Do their current travel restrictions apply for people who are just stopping over for a link over flight? And not leaving the airport?

I'll check with the embassy on Monday, but any advice in the meantime would be massively appreciated.

Cheers!

Fitz wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:54 pm I flew Emirates to Sweden yesterday with a stopover in Dubai. The planes were packed. No stringent controls in Dubai.

If you have older relatives in Britain that you need to take care of, and if you are prepared to isolate yourself 2 weeks when you get back, then by all means go. But if you are not young and very healthy, I suggest you stay. The fact that these planes are still running is fkn insane, and I do expect to get sick now. I'd rather be on a Phnom Penh rooftop with a gas stove, 20 kilos of rice, jugs of water and some herbs. It would be safer all around.

And what's this about next week? You waiting for improvements in the situation? They won't be coming.

MidlandsExpat1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:01 pm
And it's of no business of yours why I'm looking to go home, or what my condition is.