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The International Boat Industry news isn’t a place where one would expect to pick up important flu news, but then, this isn’t a normal flu season.
Although this story focuses on the very narrow industry concern over the cancellation of a boat show in Korea, the bigger story is the brief mentioning of 291 public events canceled in Korea by order of the central government.
Swine flu shuts down Korean boat show
By IBI Magazine
Next month's Yacht & Boat Korea has been cancelled because of swine flu. Organisers said the decision was out of their hands because the central government cancelled 291 public events because of fear of H1N1 outbreaks.
The World Health Organisation advised northern hemisphere countries in August to prepare for the second wave of the pandemic. H1N1 is the most dominant flu strain in the world.
"It is a real disappointment but exhibitors and intending visitors realise that the cancellation is out of the organiser's control and is in the interests of public health and safety," said Barry Jenkins, a consultant to the show. Organisers held an emergency meeting before making the announcement.
Similar reporting has appeared in some of the other boating industry magazines, including Marine Business News.
While not every country is likely to attempt this same level of mitigation, this pandemic is obviously having an important economic impact at a time when the global economy is already struggling.
