>Wasn't there a post here in the thread last week about billionaires and celebrities gassing up their yachts and their planes… preparing to evacuate to someplace safe?
https://sputniknews.com/society/202003121078547835-escaping-pandemic-worlds-rich-head-off-to-bunkers-amid-the-outbreak-of-coronavirus/
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The development comes as the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a pandemic and a number of countries announced tough measures to combat the infectious disease. The United States has suspended travel from 26 European countries, while Italy has toughened a lockdown, closing all shops, except supermarkets and pharmacies.
The world’s super-rich across the globe are heading to doomsday bunkers to escape the pandemic of COVID-19, which has infected almost 130,000 people worldwide, The Guardian reported. According to the newspaper, the wealthy are using their private jets either to leave countries that have already been hit by the respiratory illness or head to their holiday homes and bunkers in countries that have no confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
According to Adam Twidell, chief executive of a global private jet charter company, his firm has been inundated with requests since the virus began spreading across the world. “Many are from groups which include elderly passengers or those with health conditions that make them particularly concerned about exposure to crowds on airline flights. In many cases, these are passengers who don’t usually fly by private aviation but are looking to protect themselves, their families, and employees”, Twidell said.
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