Two years after the Ruby Princess triggered a COVID-19 wave in Sydney, another Carnival cruise ship has exposed a flaw in NSW’s COVID measures.
visited Bondi Beach, Sydney’s CBD and other city suburbs on Wednesday after the cruise ship docked and guests were allowed to leave without showing proof of a negative rapid antigen test.and was briefly linked to one in eight NSW coronavirus cases, the arrival of another Carnival Australia cruise ship carrying almost 130 infected crew and passengers has highlighted flaws in the state’s COVID-19 protection measures.
About 130 of the 2000 people on the Coral Princess were isolating with COVID-19 before it docked in Sydney on Wednesday, about 115 of them infected crew and about 14 infected passengers. “We reject any suggestion of a breach in protocols because we are, in fact, following explicit NSW Health advice,” spokesman David Jones said.
They’re all doing the right thing, but we’re known as the COVID ship. It’s a pretty hard tag to put on somebody.“The ones on the ship ... everyone is doing the right thing, the crew, everyone,” Mr Goldfinch said. “They’re all doing the right thing, but we’re known as the COVID ship. It’s a pretty hard tag to put on somebody.”
“Lessons should have been learnt from the Ruby Princess, and we can’t have a situation where people are leaving a ship without having the appropriate checks in place,” opposition health spokesman Ryan Park said.
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