Cruise companies and airlines take desperate measures to avoid China

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As fears of the rapidly-spreading Wuhan coronavirus grow, transport companies are taking desperate measures to keep alarmed travellers safe. travel coronavirus

The journey was originally scheduled to conclude in Shanghai, but will avoid mainland China and end in Yokohama instead.“All guests and their travel advisers are being notified of these changes,” the company said.

Of the companies continuing to sail, many have introduced extra health screening for passengers, while passengers who have recently been to China’s Hubei province, where the Wuhan coronavirus originated, are being refused from ships.reports freight shipping services are still operating in China but crews are not allowed to disembark and port officials have to wear protective gear when boarding ships.

Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines will be flying to their respective destinations in China for one last time today. This is intended to give our guests the opportunity to take their planned flight and our crews to return to Germany, Switzerland and Austria.Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific said it would keep flying to mainland China but slash capacity by half.

Reuters reports Taiwan’s China Airlines was replacing re-usable items with disposable ones, replacing tablecloths and napkins with paper towels, and encouraging passengers to supply their own drink bottles.

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