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**Engine Driver** · 02-11-20 08:33

Originally Posted by GoodEnough [View Original Post]

Fear of the virus is having an impact here: malls are sparsely populated as are restaurants and many local flights. I flew yesterday from Clark to Davao on PAL and the cabin attendant confirmed that bookings are way off from where they usually are. We own a restaurant here and have several friends on operate restaurants, and we've all noticed a significant reduction of dine-in customers and a significant increase in those ordering through home delivery services. So, even though the country evidently has little to worry about based on empirical evidence to date, fear and ignorance are taking a toll I think.

GE.

How would home delivery be any more hygienic? We all know that Flips wash their asses with their fingers after taking a dump, and then there is never any soap to properly clean their hands afterwards. I doubt that the average Flip restaurateur provides hand sanitizer for the kitchen staff. The food will be contaminated with the bat virus regardless of dine in or take out.

**Albert9989** · 02-11-20 06:52

I am in Bohol, flying back to Manila, and hotels confirm that business is very weak, mainly due to lack of all chinese tourists. But there stay many European here.

Up to now, I think Phil stay quite safe, few cases registered and far less than in my country for example, France. But are they well identified. That's also the question.

And if we contract the virus, maybe better to be in Europe or us, than here to be hospitalised.

So manila this afternoon and Friday a stop in HKG.

**Dg8787** · 02-11-20 05:32

Originally Posted by GoodEnough [View Original Post]

Fear of the virus is having an impact here: malls are sparsely populated as are restaurants and many local flights. I flew yesterday from Clark to Davao on PAL and the cabin attendant confirmed that bookings are way off from where they usually are. We own a restaurant here and have several friends on operate restaurants, and we've all noticed a significant reduction of dine-in customers and a significant increase in those ordering through home delivery services. So, even though the country evidently has little to worry about based on empirical evidence to date, fear and ignorance are taking a toll I think.

GE.

Here in California people are staying home. A couple of popular Chinese restaurants are nearly empty these days when normally they would have lines of Chinese waiting. Used to be you would go to Chinese resto populated with Chinese. Not these days for now. I have eaten a few times at one of the places and the Chinese waitress has confirmed business is down 80%.

Today I went to my Vietnamese hair dresser for a hair cut and she confirmed her business was down 75%. People are staying in and away from Asian establishments, including Asians.

I assume this will be the case for another 30 days until better results are confirmed.

Meanwhile I am planning a trip to PH in the next 30 days.

**GoodEnough** · 02-11-20 02:59

Originally Posted by RadicalGuy [View Original Post]

No, not really. I figure the chances of contracting that disease are about the same as staying in the US. There hasn't been much of an impact on either the Philippines or Japan, so I'm not worried. I'll be extra careful, however, about washing my hands frequently and using hand sanitizer. I'm more worried about riding in Philippine taxis. LOL.

RG.

Fear of the virus is having an impact here: malls are sparsely populated as are restaurants and many local flights. I flew yesterday from Clark to Davao on PAL and the cabin attendant confirmed that bookings are way off from where they usually are. We own a restaurant here and have several friends on operate restaurants, and we've all noticed a significant reduction of dine-in customers and a significant increase in those ordering through home delivery services. So, even though the country evidently has little to worry about based on empirical evidence to date, fear and ignorance are taking a toll I think.

GE.

**Nolz7** · 02-10-20 19:35

Originally Posted by Albert9989 [View Original Post]

I am still in Palawan, my return flight to France is planned for the 14 of Feb, from Manila to HKG with Cathay, then HKG to Zurich with Swiss and then swiss again to France.

Either Cathay and swiss still use HKG as connecting hub at least.

For the moment I can't change nothing.

I am coming first week of March. I am not concern at all considering the fact that Philippines only have 3 confirmed cases. About laying over thru main land China, Hong Kong and Macau. Immigration will not let you in. I am more worried about getting mug by street kids while walking around Manila.

**Radical Guy** · 02-10-20 18:58

Originally Posted by CodeName47 [View Original Post]