Swine flu at Ice Jewelry 2009

Kyodo article translated by Sylvia:
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=66766&page=2

Another news:
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090628-00000018-jij-soci

They say the same thing as the Kyodo news, adding that so far Shizuka Arakawa, Miki Ando and Nobunari Oda were not diagnosed to have caught the virus as well.

Please let the skaters be safe!

I hope the people who caught the virus are safe as well. What a thing to happen at an ice show.

8 more people who were in close contact with the infected people were asked to stay in their hotel rooms.

Thankfully the infected people seem to be in good condition.

I wonder if the show will be cancelled?

It looked so fun. Here's a photo of an article from the yesterday's show:

I hope that the show doesn't have to be cancelled
I would be so disappointed if that happened to a show I was it.
But I guess we have trust what they decide to do is best for the well being of the skaters and the fans...

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090629-00000208-mailo-l17

The remaining shows were not cancelled, but some security precautions were taken (disinfecting stuff, warning the audience and putting a container with liquid disinfectant near the entrance, etc). The skaters were also told not to come in close contact with the audience (no hand shaing, etc.) Poor Nobunari will have to change his choreo. No more kissing ladies in audience

Daisuke Murakami (http://twitter.com/daisukemurakami) twitted that:

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Was informed that Takeshi and Shizuka has high fever! Get me out of japan asap!

That's horrible! I hope it's just a cold or something.

And Takeshi is Mai's coach at Chukyo... is the Chukyo Arena still open? I read somewhere that they plan to temporarily close it because of the swine flu...

Maybe Mao should better stay in Russia!

(Daisuke also posted an utterly adorable photo of Nobu:
http://twitpic.com/8ug0l) At least the Morozov team is leaving for Andorra tomorrow, so hopefully they'll be safe for now.

Best of luck to Shizuka and Takeshi, I wish them a speedy recovery!

Thanks for the link, Okami. Nobu's shirt is the best xD Is he in a Gucci store?

I hope Mao stays healthy. I'm sure she will though if she stays in Russia until it's time for The Ice.

MaoMaoRevolution wrote:

Thanks for the link, Okami. Nobu's shirt is the best xD Is he in a Gucci store?

Yes, it looks like he bought his EX costume there! (Lucky! I want a Gucci shirt, too. )

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I hope Mao stays healthy. I'm sure she will though if she stays in Russia until it's time for The Ice.

The lack of confirmed news makes me nervous! The rumours keep flying left and right, but I'm not sure if it's safe to believe in them anymore. I thought Mao was coming to Japan this week, but it looks like she's still in Russia. I hope she'll stay in Russia a bit more (to practice in peace and stay away from the flu viruses possibly still floating around Chukyo).

I'm happy that Daisuke-M is twitting updates about his and other Morozov's students training... It would be cool if Mao joined Twitter, too. (But probably she's very busy... And if she joined she would be immediately stalked by thousands of people! )

Oh my, this all sounds so scary! A whole ice show got involved with it!
Not even famous ppl are save of this stupid virus! And now it sounds of if Shizuka and Takeshi are ill! I hope they will be better soon!
But what about Mao stays in Russia? I think, the virus is everywhere, so its no matter where she is

And thanks for all the news and informations!