Italian passenger jet is 'held' after arriving in Mauritius as authorities 'demand all on board are quarantined or fly straight back'

UK Daily Mail ^ | February 24, 2020 | Ross Ibbetson, Tim Stickings, and Rita Sobot

[C19fan]

An Italian passenger jet was held in Mauritius over coronavirus fears today after Italy confirmed its sixth virus death in Europe's first major outbreak.

Dozens of passengers from Lombardy and Veneto - the two worst-affected regions of Italy - were told to return home or face quarantine in the Indian Ocean country, airline Alitalia said.

Forty of the 224 people on board eventually chose to return home to northern Italy where 50,000 people have been placed under lockdown, schools shut and public events banned in a drastic bid to contain the virus.

It is not yet clear whether any other passengers or crew were kept in quarantine in Mauritius, after initial reports said around another 30 people from the affected regions had been on the plane.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Oh boy, here we go. The authorities know something about this disease they have not told the general public yet.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

I bet they wouldn’t do that with a plane load of Chinese.

[VanDeKoik]

If they didnt then people would be barking about how irresponsible they were.

Every damn thing anyone does is met with some goofy conspiracy as to why. So either be happy that they are or stop demanding that they do.

These stupid “here we go” comments are getting old.

[null and void]

It's plane to sea, international travel will be impacted...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Did that bother you? Here we go again.... Man, so many people on there believe themselves to be invincible. I do NOT talk to people on here they way some talk to me. You are a foolish person.

[Black Agnes]

Mauritius authorities care about the health of their people.

Wish ours did.

[VanDeKoik]

I seriously have no idea what on earth that post was supposed to mean outside of weird ramblings about “invincibility”.

[null and void]

I seriously have no idea what on earth that post was supposed to mean

I believe you.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Good.

[bgill]

That’s ok, they can all come here. Our airports and borders are wide open with the red carpet rolled out and welcome baskets full of freebies for everyone.

[GOPJ]

Oh boy, here we go. The authorities know something about this disease they have not told the general public yet.

Actions speak louder than words... Actions here are saying weaponized virus we don't understand...

[GulfMan]

It’s going pandemic unless we stop flying period. What is wrong with these idiots flying around everywhere, people are so vain and so completely and utterly self interestedly foolish !

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Oh, don’t tell the truth. You’ll get flamed.

[GulfMan]

Also, the CDC flu map this morning is still all but two states in the lower 48 in full scale outbreak, been like this for as long as I ever seen it run ...

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm