A cruise ship carrying more than 120 confirmed cases of COVID-19 will return to Brisbane after making two scheduled stops in NSW. 7NEWS
Watch Sunrise on Channel 7 and stream it for free onThe ship, which has 2300 passengers and crew aboard, is due to return to its home port of Brisbane on Thursday. Some 24 infected passengers left the vessel before it departed Brisbane on Sunday.
People who tested positive on board were likely infected before they boarded the ship, NSW Health said.Meanwhile, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has asked Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to call a national cabinet meeting so premiers and chief ministers can be briefed by the chief health officer about the deteriorating COVID-19 situation.
COVID-19 cases have been steadily rising since mid-June as the immunity-evading BA.4 and BA.5 virus variants have taken hold.
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