Actor Dino Morea Quarantined

Update: Dino ought to be in the Guinness. Why? Consider this, he arrives from Surinam, is quarantined on arrival,, lives there for almost four days, goes on with his routine undeterred, replete with appointments, script sessions and dance rehearsals. Then its time for him to leave the country again. This time to Fiji. So he took off last night..directly from the hospital.That was some transit stay in his own town!

Don’t go wrong with the needles this time over Dino! Take all of ‘em vaccines..You never can tell..

Actor Dino Morea, on return from Surinam in South America an endemic zone of ‘yellow fever’ (although not a single case has been reported recently) was detained by airport officials and later quarantined in a hospital at Andheri (E) in Mumbai.

I spoke with him since he happens to be a close family friend and was quite taken aback at the circumstances of his detention . Not one to resort to melodrama, he however seemed bothered and harassed. His contention on the matter is noteworthy. He should have been informed of the vaccine BEfORE he left the country.True. Detaining him now, unceremoniously, is akin to making him pay for authority lapses.

A ‘yellow fever ‘ vaccine is valid for 10 years. Dino had taken it 9 years ago, before undertaking a journey to South Africa. Since the officials need proof, his family is making all efforts to locate the certificate.

What seems apparent though is that this is another case of a celebrity ‘witch hunt’, which officials so animatedly enter into. Ego massage, under the guise of duty performance. If that was the criteria then what excuse do they have for non-performance on his departure?

The scenario in the hospital ( a government guest house) is unhygienic. He quipped there were more chances of him getting sick in quarantine, rather than conjectured risk in South America!

Once he is out , it will be no wonder that he heads for his restaurant “Crepe Station” at Carter’s in Bandra, which serves the most delectable International cuisine I have forked into for a long time. His brother is a trained chef and is the brain behind this hugely successful enterprise.

Chin up Dino..you win some you lose some pal..all in the game.