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This comment was left by Nicola Grundy on John Pearson's Facebook Page. Nicola makes an interesting point.
"I was reading some stuff last night that echoed this - saying how come people can still fly into Heathrow etc - apparently you can still look on live arrivals online and there are loads of flights a day with people not being quarantined or tested off planes - just allowed to go home - on the tube - so the drones on the hills seem a bit wierd."
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Unfortunately, the
vast majority of countries worldwide now have confirmed cases of
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If you are not at the airport, please follow NHS advice on their website.
If you are at the airport and experiencing the symptoms of a cough, fever or shortness of breath please make yourself known to the nearest member of staff who will be able to support you.
If you are not at the airport, please follow NHS advice on their website.
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Please be reassured that our colleagues and partners are working around the clock responding to the fast-moving impacts of Coronavirus, whether that be helping our passengers get to where they need to be as safely as possible; or helping to rearrange their travel plans.
Should you have any questions about your upcoming travel, unfortunately must cancel your trip, or are no longer able to travel, we are on hand to give you all the advice and support you need.
We continue to work closely with government experts, health professionals and airlines to safely handle flights, many of which are helping with the repatriation of British citizens and cargo operations carrying vital supplies for frontline teams battling against this pandemic. This is a fast-moving situation and we continue to follow the advice of the UK Government on measures and restrictions required.
We want to thank our colleagues for their support and being there every day to keep our passengers safe and continuing their journeys.
We have been receiving queries about why Heathrow remains
open despite the worldwide coronavirus outbreak and would like to
reassure you about our current operations. All of our terminals remain
open on a scaled down basis as we help with the repatriation of British
citizens and the transport of vital air cargo. Vital medical equipment
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being flown via Heathrow, helping to combat the impacts of the global
pandemic. We continue to work with government experts, health
professionals and our airline partners to safely handle all flights.
The number of flights operating via Heathrow has reduced by 75% since the start of the outbreak and we are no longer seeing high volumes of flights per hour as a result. We have, however, seen an over 200% increase in cargo-only flights per week. You can read more about these cargo flights by clicking here.
The number of flights operating via Heathrow has reduced by 75% since the start of the outbreak and we are no longer seeing high volumes of flights per hour as a result. We have, however, seen an over 200% increase in cargo-only flights per week. You can read more about these cargo flights by clicking here.
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Brian Bamford (Bammy), has cast doubt ("April Fool's Day comment on airports), on the validity of comments that I posted from Nicola Grundy, on Northern Voices, regarding the situation at Heathrow Airport. He seems to think that her comment is somewhat misleading and doesn't reflect the true situation at Heathrow Airport. While I cannot see that that in her comment, Ms Grundy claims that it's " business as usual' at Heathrow, since posting her comment, I have also checked further.
Screening for coronavirus began in January in other airports around the world, but in the UK, it was simply ruled out as being ineffective. Public Health England said, "airports have been provided with leaflets and posters." Surely, this is like applying a sticking plaster to a gaping wound?
On the 30th and 31st March 2020, the Sun newspaper gave the following report about the situation at Heathrow Airport.
"Flights from coronavirus hot spots were still landing in Britain on Monday with thousands of passengers not being checked for symptoms. Planes from Italy, America, and Spain, all touched down at Heathrow yesterday morning with passengers simply walking through arrivals and onto public transport. Although many had masks, there were queues at arrivals and departures and there appeared to be barely any social distancing between travellers. One traveller posted an alarming video on Twitter showing dozens of passengers queuing up at check-in with no social distancing. He wrote:
'Unfortunately the penny has not dropped. While millions of people are in lockdown to help our brave NHS, this is what is going on at London Heathrow. Someone needs to get a grip.'
Around 12,000 passengers passed through Heathrow yesterday and although this was way down on the usual 213,000 a day and landings and takes off were down to one every fifteen minutes - as opposed to one every 45 seconds it still meant regular traffic all day."
If passenger arrivals at Heathrow Airport, can still at this late hour, walk straight onto the streets of Britain without any screening, even temperature screening, when they may have come from a high-risk country, then what is the point of police roadblocks, police drones, and telling people to stop at home, when people are still flying into the UK who may be contagious and possibly spreading the virus to other members of the public? This is tantamount to pissing in the wind.
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