This guy (sitting in liyari) said he came from China (Wuhan to Shanghai to UAE to Karachi) well now we have a UAE case a family in UAE
- Did he had a blood test done in Pakistan ? Most likely no
- Did he get his temperature checked in Pakistan ? Most likely no
- Did he refrained from interacting with large population area ? Most likely no
- Did any Medical Board of Pakistan , have plan to Quarentine such travellers ? no
- Are any of our airports able to track the arrival of such passengers ? No
- Do we have the necessary protective gear for workers in Hospitals ? Not likely
But someone comes at airport , claims they are clean and yes go ahead just walkinto middle of an 80 million populated city
I think, anyone can see we need to be more active about the issue
The Chinese family who is in UAE now , they may have also thought they are escaping the effects of virus by traveling in airplane to UAE simillar to the guy who just arrived in Karachi
The issue is people "Think they don't have the virus" they actually carry the thing for some time before symptoms appear the only way to prevent is wait 2 to 2.5 weeks
Especially if you are arriving from the
host spot for virus activity
It should have been the responsibility of authorities to divert anyone who was arriving from wuhan or China for a observation area for
2 weeks
- Provide them food
- Access to medicine doctor (if needed)
- General welfare
This is what Chinese authorities are starting to do in China to advise people to stay indoors for 2 weeks don't come to work
Chinese family diagnosed with virus in UAE, first known cases in Middle East
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday (Jan 29) its first cases of the new coronavirus, in a family from Wuhan, in what is thought to be the first confirmed cases in the Middle East.
"The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced a case of the new coronavirus affecting people from one family coming from the city of Wuhan in China," the state news agency WAM reported, without saying how many were infected.
"The health condition of those affected was stable and under medical monitoring," it cited the ministry as saying.
Later on Wednesday the ministry confirmed that four members of a family from China had been infected.
All of them are in stable condition and situation is "contained", said the statement, adding that it was "not a cause for concern".
Article ends
My own comments below
People traveling in airplanes are the most suspectible to illness as the airplane's oxygen circulation system just circulates the air around a small area over and over again for good 3-4 hours of flight time
If you are on an 8 hour flight it is like a cooking pot for virus if you logically thing about the air circulation system in airplanes
- Congested Subways
- Congested Trains
- Airports
- Schools
Are the most risky places and also the doorknobs which you touch with your bare hands
Are we making Quarantine areas close to Airports?
To house 100-200 passengers ? for 2 weeks as a precaution?
Nope
Very risky move Pakistan, Very risky move
If an airline hub like UAE is infected, imagine all the travelers stopping over, using washrooms , touching doors or eating food then changing their planes
Maybe the aircrew, went in a contaminated cabin of airplane ???
Guess what ... they bring the virus back with them to ground level and into airports
- China is more safer place , as it has better health system and protective policies
However Pakistani authorities must learn from the stuff Chinese security is doing in their cities and be prepared
- China is making hospital for almost 7,000 people in 1 week time Pakistan must also have special plans to deal with any health issue
- Sitting on arses and doing nothing is not ideal way
