Mnuchin (us treasury secretary) also said it’s “too hard to tell” whether international travel will be possible this year as the pandemic wreaks havoc across the globe.

As the economy opens up, I think you'll see demand coming back," for domestic travel, he said, although it's "too hard to tell" if international travel could open up later in 2020.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m...le/amp/idUSKBN22G1M5


90 mil out bounds us trips for tourism
77 mil inbound us trips for tourism


Mike

Perhaps.

My big concern is that even if it opens up again, how reliable is the data coming out of Africa?

Larry, I don't think I've ever seen the words "Africa" and "reliable" used in the same sentence :-)

quote:

Originally posted by larryshores:
Perhaps.

My big concern is that even if it opens up again, how reliable is the data coming out of Africa?

This is bigger than Africa on the international travel side. We may not even get to Africa.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/0...mepage#link-7b42d0f5

Also it looks like cdc internally is modeling opening the economy up to be akin to running covid thru population/society. No one is crossing borders in that kind of a world.


Mike

What a mess!!!

Console yourself, I am sitting in Africa and have already missed out on 2 hunts, can't see number 3 happening. Not sure if I see any hunting happening for me in 2020.

We are now in a level 4 lockdown, down from level 5 last 5 weeks, there is no idea of any time frame for further relaxation and what levels may allow is changed in a way only Africa can.

One of my mates flying Southern Africa for Comair a subsidiary of BA got news that they 'might' start flying locally in October.

Uncertainty seems to be the only certainty.

quote:

Originally posted by larryshores:
Perhaps.

My big concern is that even if it opens up again, how reliable is the data coming out of Africa?

Spoke to a PH is Zim he said today all foreigners have mandatory 7 day quarantine. Wonder where Zim government would put you for 7 days???

My daughter and I were supposed to hunt in Zim with Nixon this April. If there's any way we can get there this year, we're going.

Sure hope we can!

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Larry, I don't think I've ever seen the words "Africa" and "reliable" used in the same sentence :-)

Valid point.

quote:

Originally posted by Baker458:
My daughter and I were supposed to hunt in Zim with Nixon this April. If there's any way we can get there this year, we're going.

Sure hope we can!

If you drive from South Africa to Zim

These fine folk are headed to quarantine

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW...ormat=jpg&name=small


They are zim citizens.

I think they have 78 foreigners quarantined at bietbridge.

Mike

While I haven’t hunted Africa, I’ve traveled there for business. I’ll steer clear until things turn the corner.

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Originally posted by Balule:

Uncertainty seems to be the only certainty.

Sad, but true.

For those who are just dying (no pun intended) to hunt Africa this year, y'all should be focusing on the country of Tanzania.

Just say'n.



Tanzanian Quote:

"Covid-19? Kkkk. Hold my Serengeti beer shamwari. I got this!"


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BBC News (May 4, 2020)

Coronavirus: Tanzanian president promises to import Madagascar's 'cure'

The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, is sending a plane to Madagascar to fetch a herbal tonic touted as a cure for Covid-19 even as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned there was no proof of any cure.

Congo-Brazzaville's president has also promised to import the drink.

It is produced from the artemisia plant - the source of an ingredient used in a malaria treatment.

The WHO also advised people against self-medicating.

The drink was launched as Covid-Organics and was being marketed after being tested on fewer than 20 people over a period of three weeks, the Tanzanian president's chief of staff Lova Hasinirina Ranoromaro told the BBC.

In response to the launch of Covid-Organics, the WHO said in a statement sent to the BBC that the global organisation did not recommend "self-medication with any medicines... as a prevention or cure for Covid-19".

It reiterated earlier comments by WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that there were "no short-cuts" to finding effective mediation to fight coronarvirus.

International trials were under way to find an effective treatment, the WHO added.

In March, the US-based National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health warned against purported coronavirus remedies, including herbal therapies and teas - saying the best way to prevent infection was to avoid exposure to the virus.

The drink has been picked up in other African countries.

On Saturday Madagascar delivered a shipment to Guinea-Bissau.

The Malagasy president also tweeted that the special envoy to Equatorial Guinea picked up a shipment of the drink.

Speaking on TV, President Magufuli said he was already in contact with the government of Madagascar and would despatch an aircraft to the island nation to collect the medicine.

"I am communicating with Madagascar, and they have already written a letter saying they have discovered some medicine. We will despatch a flight to bring the medicine so that Tanzanians can also benefit. So as the government we are working day and night," he said.

Mr Magufuli has already been widely criticised for his reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.

He has encouraged the public to continue gathering in places of worship, while much of the world has faced lockdown.

Tanzania's delay in enforcing stricter measures to prevent further spread of coronavirus in the country could have led to the spike in positive cases, according to the WHO.

The country has 480 confirmed cases of coronavirus but Mr Magufuli said that number may be exaggerated and that he doubted the credibility of the national laboratory.

He said that he had secretly had some animals and fruits tested at the laboratory and that a papaya (paw-paw), a quail and a goat returned positive samples.

"That means there is possibility for technical errors or these imported reagents have issues," he said, without giving more detail.
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