A cruise ship with a huge COVID-19 outbreak among crew and passengers will arrive in New South Wales today as the state government announces a key change to its reinfection policy.
A cruise ship with a COVID-19 outbreak among crew and passengers will arrive in New South Wales today as the state government announces a key change to its reinfection policy.Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, says the new, more infectious sub-variants present "another curve ball"
The ship is due to dock in Eden on the NSW South Coast on Tuesday, the first cruise liner to return to the town since COVID-19 shut the industry down two years ago. A spokesman for Carnival Australia said there was no outbreak among passengers, but a recent screening found some crew recorded positive tests and were placed in isolation away from passengers.
The spokesman said the number of cases identified by Queensland Health were “overwhelmingly among crew who were isolated on board in line with the protocols that have effectively supported the resumption of cruising in Australia since May".However, one passenger, Wendy, told ABC Brisbane she tested positive on board, and was not told about positive cases on board the ship until the night before she disembarked in Brisbane.
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