Many giants around the world rush to find ways to avoid the Covid-19 pandemic, from hiring a private jet to fly home to preparing a bunker.
Like hundreds of thousands of other people around the world, the ultra-rich are preparing every way to protect themselves against the Covid-19 pandemic that is spreading rapidly around the globe. But their epidemic response plan didn't stop at hoarding toilet paper, hand-washing liquid and necessities.
The richest people in the world are hiring a private jet to "flee" in resorts far from the city, even preparing bunkers in countries not yet attacked by nCoV.
Many people also seem to take both their own doctors and nurses on the same flight to promptly treat them with their families if they are ill infected. The giants also flock to private clinics on Harley Street, London and around the world to request their own nCoV testing services.
To avoid overcrowding in testing facilities, the National Health Service (NHS) UK said it only tests people who are "highly likely to be infected with nCoV". This means that only people who have had close contact with a Covid-19 patient or have been to an infected country are eligible for testing.
"This rule causes many rich people to test themselves out of pocket. But unfortunately, we cannot provide services because NHS requires that all tests need to be conducted in focus," said Mark Ali, director. Room system private clinic Harley Street, said.
The UK Department of Health and Health Care requires that all nCoV tests are performed by NHS and the UK Public Health Service (PHE).
However, an unnamed employee at another facility on Harley Street said their clinic still arranged for customers to test in another country or to take samples of samples sent overseas for testing.
Ali, a cardiac surgeon, said his customers still insisted on getting the Covid-19 vaccine, although scientists said it took at least a year to make the vaccine.
"The outbreak of Covid-19 certainly provoked people. We only provided regular flu vaccines and advised them health," Ali said.
However, to reassure wealthy clients, the doctor said his clinic is ready to provide vitamin and mineral infusion services to increase resistance, at a cost of £ 350 (more than $ 430).
Ken Langone, co-founder of retail chain Home Depot, knows where he needs to seek advice on the disease. The 84-year-old billionaire called NYU executive director Langone Health, the New York-based hospital he was chairman of. "Those who are more knowledgeable than me say it is a very serious form of flu," Langone said.
Adam Twidell, executive director of private-booking services PrivateFly, said his company's sales continued to skyrocket as the rich flocked to book private jets from home-bound countries.
"Many of my clients are elderly or have a medical history, so they are very worried about the risk of nCoV infection on crowded flights. We have just brought a group of passengers from southern France to London, in There is a person who has a weakened immune system, "he said.
Twidell added that many other wealthy customers also booked flights out of the UK and other European countries before they could face a nationwide blockade like Italy.
Quintessentially, a service company specializing in the service of the rich, said it also provided a private airport reservation service for those who could not afford a charter, to avoid the risk of infecting customers when having to continue. contact with the crowd in the general waiting area.
"Customers on commercial flights will choose the highest-class service at the airport, rather than just the first-class lounge as usual. They are picked up and taken to their own lounges and check in. scene and security, before being taken to the door of the aircraft. They can also ask to take a lift on the plane alone to reduce the risk of contact with others, "the company spokesman said. good.
Quintessentially also said one of his clients also turned the house into a military-style bunker and refused to receive guests, unless they could provide details of travel history and contacts.
Robert Vicino, founder and CEO of Vivos Group, a California-based company that builds shelters to avoid disasters or natural disasters, said orders have increased sharply since Covid-19 outbreak.
Vivos has turned a Cold War bunker in Indiana into a shelter for about 80 people. The company is continuing to complete another 575 bunkers in an abandoned outpost from World War II in South Dakota.