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silversand
Oct 12, 2021Explorer
Almot wrote:
What are you going to do if you get sick with Covid in Kino, even if you have Covid rider in travel insurance?
The vast majority of medical air evacuation companies will have no problem whatsoever flying a Canadian patient who has come down with a communicable disease. This includes ebola, and numerous other communicable diseases.
A direct quote from Medical Air Service Inc:
Patient transport with coronavirus
We provide safe and quick transport for patients who are suffering from coronavirus. This holds also true for medical repatriations to or from Canada.
In order to transport a coronavirus patient safely, we use a modern isolation device. Inside this device, the atmospheric pressure is lowered, so that the virus cannot leak out. Thus, the other passengers on board – the medical crew as well as possible companions – won’t get infected themselves. At the same time, the isolation device permits all medical activities that might be necessary during patient transport. Hence, the patient’s well-being is also assured. here-->
On edit: even with the Delta variant being phenomenally contagious (approaching the contagiousness of measles; and 1000 to 1100 x more viral load in the nasal canals compared with Alpha), infected patients are still flown trans-border on medical repatriation flights. Delta is far and away more contagious than ebola, SARS, MERS and smallpox.
To be absolutely certain that the Canadian medical insurance company you are contemplating has full repatriation of the insured who has come down with a communicable disease, specifically Covid, just call them, or e-mail. If they don't, there are plenty of medical travel insurance companies that include this.
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