The Greg Mortimer, the Australian cruise ship which has been stranded off the coast of Uruguay for two weeks, has arrived at the port of Montevideo
An Australian cruise ship stranded off the coast of Uruguay for two weeks with more than 100 people aboard infected with the new coronavirus arrived at the port of Montevideo.
Aboard the plane, passengers will be"seated by test results and level of care required by passenger," said Australian company Aurore Expeditions, owner of the Greg Mortimer. All are in a stable condition and earlier on Friday, Uruguay's foreign ministry told AFP that three Australians undergoing hospital treatment would be allowed to board the flight to Melbourne as they are in sufficiently good health to travel.
"There will be practically no human contact" between the passengers and others during the transfer operation, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi said this week.Aurore said it was covering the transfer costs for all passengers and that the New Zealand government was organizing further travel on from Melbourne for its citizens.
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