ILOILO CITY: Hundreds of remaining tourists from Wuhan City in China, who are vacationing on Boracay Island, will be transported back following a lockdown imposed on the Chinese City, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
But several residents of Boracay Island have raised alarm and outcry why the flights from Wuhan were suspended only on Thursday.
Eric Apolonio, spokesman of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said Pan Pacific Airlines and Royal Air Charter would transport their remaining passengers, who arrived before the lockdown was implemented.A Pan-Pacific Airline flight with 135 passengers arrived at the Kalibo International Airport about 6am on Thursday, the last flight before the lockdown was imposed.
Representatives of the airlines, in a meeting with the Civil Aeronautics Board and CAAP, subsequently decided to suspend indefinitely flights between Wuhan and Kalibo. Apolonio said the 135 passengers were allowed to deplane and proceed to Boracay after undergoing “rigid” screening from personnel of the Bureau of Quarantine.“If there is an increase in body temperature, they will be brought to government hospital if necessary, ” Apolonio said yesterday.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Wuhan quarantine: shutting down a city five times the size of LondonThe city of 11 million people along the Yangtze River has long been a major transport hub, compounding the challenge of stopping the spread of the coronavirusThe capital of Hubei province is also known as an academic powerhouse and is home to China’s first laboratory dedicated to highly contagious deadly diseases
Read more »
China locks down Wuhan and Huanggang to curb virus outbreakWUHAN (AFP): China locked down two major cities in a province at the centre of a deadly virus outbreak on Thursday (Jan 23), banning planes and trains from leaving in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the disease which has already spread to other countries
Read more »
AirAsia temporarily cancels all flights to and from Wuhan, ChinaKUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia flights from Kota Kinabalu, Bangkok and Phuket to Wuhan, China, have been temporarily cancelled until Jan 28 in the light of health concerns about the spread of Wuhan coronavirus.
Read more »
China tutup pengangkutan di Wuhan ketika kes virus baru meningkatKematian meningkat kepada 17 orang semalam, dengan lebih 540 kes disahkan. FMTNews China
Read more »
China shuts down Wuhan as mystery virus extends reachOutbreak has killed 17, stricken hundreds and reached countries as far as the US. FMTNews China
Read more »
Bagaimana China dapat bekalan jual daging koala di pasar basah Wuhan?Rakyat Australia marah dengan sikap masyarakat China yang menjual daging koala di pasar basah binatang eksotik, Wuhan. FMTNews FMTOhsem Wuhan China
Read more »