UK Air travel suspended for 48 hours from midnight *Mod Warning in OP Please Read*

is_that_so

GarIT wrote: »

It is "up to" rather than 70% and I don't have a link to the study. Was on 9pm.news last night, confirmed by NPHET, UL and ECDC.

10% is on the way up to 70%! Information on it is still very vague. It's an incomplete report that is just sowing panic.

bennyl10

NEW: German Foreign Minister calls for EU-wide flight ban on UK.

He says "it's important that a halt to entries or a flight ban can't be circumvented via other European Union member countries".

mandrake04

ZX7R wrote: »

Surprisingly Australia are not baring flight's from the uk.
Sighting the information released by the uk on the increase transmission of the new variant solely could not explain the growth in new cases in the UK.
Existing quarantine in place would suffice until clearer information is provided.

I heard someone asK about it on the radio today, read here.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-nsw-concerns-about-new-strain-in-london-uk/0614828b-4872-42e4-9f74-ecbe8294d1a4

bennyl10

bennyl10 wrote: »

NEW: German Foreign Minister calls for EU-wide flight ban on UK.

He says "it's important that a halt to entries or a flight ban can't be circumvented via other European Union member countries".

“That’s what we’ve been trying to tell you!”

Thank god someone spoke sense.

RoryMac

GarIT wrote: »

I was talking to someone in London who said on some heavily infected streets the military are preventing people leaving their homes. Don't know how true that is.

Lol, yeah i'm sure that's true

hotmail.com

They'll have to introduce a test rather than a ban. Devastating for our nearest neighbour.

ElJeffe

bennyl10 wrote: »

NEW: German Foreign Minister calls for EU-wide flight ban on UK.

He says "it's important that a halt to entries or a flight ban can't be circumvented via other European Union member countries".

I'm guessing they've seen the data on this new strain and its scared the sh1t out of them.

bennyl10

hotmail.com wrote: »

They'll have to introduce a test rather than a ban. Devastating for our nearest neighbour.

no they won't

ban is the sensible thing to do until they get their house in order.

ACitizenErased

ElJeffe wrote: »

I'm guessing they've seen the data on this new strain and its scared the sh1t out of them.

Or they don't believe a word the Brits are saying and until there's evidence otherwise they're being safe?

polesheep

ElJeffe wrote: »

I'm guessing they've seen the data on this new strain and its scared the sh1t out of them.

The problem is there's too much guessing and not enough verified information.

Rrrrrr2

polesheep wrote: »

The problem is there's too much guessing and not enough verified information.

Apparently it’s “based on modelling” rather than any actual evidence

Rrrrrr2

polesheep wrote: »

The problem is there's too much guessing and not enough verified information.

Bit like mask wearing- only when the information suits is it widely rammed down the publics throats

VinLieger

bennyl10 wrote: »

no they won't

ban is the sensible thing to do until they get their house in order.

When have they ever had their house in order?

Harry Palmr

"I'm so glad to be home" at Belfast airport heading south.....:mad:

Fann Linn

VinLieger wrote: »

When have they ever had their house in order?

Just before July 1690.

Kermit.de.frog

Looks like Germany got it's way. They were pushing for January 6th at the earliest.

Positive for Britain if freight is exempt but France says that will come with testing of drivers and that means delays and more queues.


https://twitter.com/lindayueh/status/1341003425287467008

GarIT

VinLieger wrote: »

When have they ever had their house in order?

My favourite website http://arethebritsatitagain.com/

Sardonicat

Where does that leave us and Northern Ireland?

thegetawaycar

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Looks like Germany got it's way. They were pushing for January 6th at the earliest.

Positive for Britain if freight is exempt but France says that will come with testing of drivers and that means delays and more queues.


https://twitter.com/lindayueh/status/1341003425287467008

Hopefully all testing to be done on the British side, Irish government should be allowing flights but only with Irish citizens as passengers with a negative test before.

We will be circa 1400 cases a day by second week of Jan with the intermingling that will be happening over the next 2 weeks, hospitals need to be prepared now for the inevitable uptick in patients.

GarIT

Sardonicat wrote: »

Where does that leave us and Northern Ireland?

This.

And with an EU wide ban it's time to start using the locator forms to track people down and deport them.

GarIT

thegetawaycar wrote: »

Hopefully all testing to be done on the British side, Irish government should be allowing flights but only with Irish citizens as passengers with a negative test before.

We will be circa 1400 cases a day by second week of Jan with the intermingling that will be happening over the next 2 weeks, hospitals need to be prepared now for the inevitable uptick in patients.

Eamon Ryan said permanent Irish residents stranded in the UK can go to the embassy and the Air Core or a private chartered flight will rescue them. Same was echoed by RTE on the main news.

stephenjmcd

GarIT wrote: »

Eamon Ryan said permanent Irish residents stranded in the UK can go to the embassy and the Air Core or a private chartered flight will rescue them. Same was echoed by RTE on the main news.

Aerlingus will be running the flights, they announced it last night.

The Air Corp wouldn't have a plane big enough for passengers

Fann Linn

GarIT wrote: »

Eamon Ryan said permanent Irish residents stranded in the UK can go to the embassy and the Air Core or a private chartered flight will rescue them. Same was echoed by RTE on the main news.

We'll have Covid 25 and have gone through a fair few vaccines by the time the Aer Corps gets them out.

BloodyBill

mandrake04 wrote: »

I heard someone asK about it on the radio today, read here.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-nsw-concerns-about-new-strain-in-london-uk/0614828b-4872-42e4-9f74-ecbe8294d1a4

Australia is very anglophile aswell. Follows the UK everywhere which is fine,their perogative

Russman

Could this blanket ban on connectivity result in us having to prevent UK nationals from boarding a ferry in Rosslare heading to France I wonder ? or would the French stop them disembarking at the other side ?
Mad times.


Ahh d'ya remember when they were saying the EU need us more than we need them, eh ?

bennyl10

Sardonicat wrote: »

Where does that leave us and Northern Ireland?

We count as the block for this anyway.

NI is a different question

GarIT

Russman wrote: »

Could this blanket ban on connectivity result in us having to prevent UK nationals from boarding a ferry in Rosslare heading to France I wonder ? or would the French stop them disembarking at the other side ?
Mad times.


Ahh d'ya remember when they were saying the EU need us more than we need them, eh ?

No. Nationality doesn't matter.

Kermit.de.frog

Sardonicat wrote: »

Where does that leave us and Northern Ireland?

This says a lot really

https://twitter.com/BenKellyTweets/status/1341016563009384460

Beasty

Sardonicat wrote: »

Where does that leave us and Northern Ireland?

...adrift in the Atlantic....

punisher5112

GarIT wrote: »

Because not many Chinese come here. China had a much lower infection rate per head. China wasn't letting most people leave.

And most importantly China didn't have Super Covid.

You actually believe the figures from China....
They should have been shut down and we should be taking business elsewhere.