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SALFORD66
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Brits with suspected swine flu banned from boarding jets!
 Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:25 pm
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Brits with suspected swine flu to be banned from boarding jets 19/07/2009
Britons going on summer holidays with suspected swine flu will be banned from boarding jets.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have both warned they will stop anyone displaying symptoms from travelling with them.
It comes as experts predicted a severe outbreak of swine flu could plunge the economy into its worst crisis since 1921.
The flight ban was announced as thousands of Brits prepare to flock abroad for sunshine breaks.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have given check-in staff and cabin crew guidance on how to act if they believe a passenger has the virus. Tourists were also warned they face screening at a number of countries before being let in.
They include China where 52 schoolchildren and teachers from London and Somerset were quarantined at a Beijing hotel after eight teenagers were diagnosed with swine flu.
Abta, who represent travel agents and tour operators, said the cost of cancellation due to swine flu would be covered by travel insurance.
But the cost of a major outbreak to Britain’s economy could be grave, with thousands of victims missing work and spending plunging as they stay indoors.
Tourism would also suffer as visitors snub Britain. The summer report from Ernst & Young’s influential Item Club team of experts, published today, says: “Perhaps the most worrying aspect of an H1N1 epidemic is that it would reinforce the downward effect of the recession on inflation.
“With the western world teetering on the brink of deflation it is no exaggeration to say that a pandemic on this scale could tip it over the edge.”
Pregnant women and parents with kids under five were yesterday warned to avoid crowds. The announcement came as it emerged an expectant woman with swine flu is fighting for her life.
She is in a critical condition in intensive care at Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
An insider said: “This woman is in a bad way. She and her baby are at risk and the doctors will now have to decide what they can do to save the baby.
“She is six months pregnant and they may have to induce labour, which is risky for mum and baby.”
Pregnant Ruptara Miah, 39, died in London’s Whipps Cross Hospital last week after getting swine flu. Her baby is very ill in intensive care.
But the NHS website stresses most expectant women with the virus will only have mild symptoms and recover within a week.
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SALFORD66
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:53 am
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No one arriving in China aboard an international flight is allowed to disembark before they have had their temperature taken.
Its measures to try to contain the spread of swine flu — or the H1N1 virus — must be among the most stringent in the world.
Airline passengers are required to remain in their seats after landing. Medical officers in protective clothing and face masks then board the aircraft and test the temperature of everyone on the flight by pointing a device at the forehead. It takes a couple of seconds per person and the medical officer moves on through the plane.
Every passenger must fill in a form giving contact details in China and their seat number, in case they were seated near anyone who is subsequently found to be infected with H1N1 |
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