The daughter of two elderly Australians who contracted coronavirus aboard the ill-fated Greg Mortimer cruise ship has spoken of her relief of having her parents back home.
Claire Leong says she's been on an “absolute rollercoaster” of emotions over the past three weeks.
Earlier this week, Aurora Expeditions, the Australian company who operates the cruise ship, confirmed 128 of 217 people on board, nearly 60 per cent, had tested positive for coronavirus."We are just so thankful to the Uruguayan people [and] the Uruguayan government who held out the hand of friendship when really they were just like us, so scared.”
The evacuated passengers were repatriated using what the Uruguayan government called a"humanitarian corridor" with strict biosecurity measures.
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