Nick Russoniello, who has been staying in the crew area of the ship, says he still has not been tested for the coronavirus despite his pleas.
"They put us under quarantine but they didn't really lock down the ship, so you've got a thousand crew members running around the ship, who hadn't been tested," he said.Mr Russoniello appreciated the hard work of the crew, but said it was obvious to him when the quarantine began that the virus would spread.
"Everyone has been busting their guts to get it to work, but when you've got that many people who haven't been tested, it's very obvious to me that this was just not going to work." He said there was now an outbreak of coronavirus among some of the crew and although he felt good at the moment, he was worried about whether he might contract the virus.
"I have to go out to get meals, to the officers' mess, whereas the passengers have had their meals brought to them," he said.Mr Russoniello expects to be included in an evacuation flight, which will take Australians to Darwin where they will be quarantined for an additional 14 days."I'm assuming the Australians will test me before we take that flight this afternoon or tomorrow or whenever.
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