Passengers catch last BA flights amid virus fears

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Coronavirus: Passengers rush back to UK on British Airways' last flights

Mr Maloney and his two children, Freddie and Isabella, have stayed indoors the past week

"The village we are in is in lockdown," said Mr Maloney, who lives in northern Beijing where he teaches at an international school."We have been inside our apartment for a week. There's only so many jigsaws we can do."Mr Maloney, 50, said he made the decision for the family to leave China and stay with his parents, in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, after he saw the statistics of the number of people infected"stacking up".

"I got the kids out this morning with a special driver. All the motorways were empty. [There were] about 20 people at the airport." Asked whether he and others back in China are scared, he replied:"I think now, yes." For many Chinese people,"Sars is still in their minds", he adds.He said staff in Beijing carried out temperature checks before the flight and - like most of the passengers - the family wore masks, plus goggles for the children.

 

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Huw Edwards at 10pm: 'Today's er, other news...the er, transport secretary... And er, ongoing plans...staying with Brexit, er, the cabinet...at, er Holyrood...' etc. And he has a script and a teleprompter! (and a fat salary!)

Yes they’re going to be quarantined for 2 weeks hopefully 🙏😷🙏

It’s a shame our local old school pubs got rinsed because I know what I’d be doing right now! Winchester waitforallthistodiedown

growtobethebest, coronavirus I've posted this is in other places as well, but still, might be useful, if you haven't watched it already

I hope straight into isolation too.

send them back! your putting the UK at risk! 😤😤

why the hell are we allowing flights from china to come to the UK

Send them back

Thanks guys !!!

I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist—and incurable pedant. Please stop calling Wuhan the ‘epicentre’ of the outbreak, unless you tell me the difference between that and the ‘centre’.

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