WA Premier Mark McGowan says he 'probably should have' let the media know two Australians had disembarked from the Al Messilah livestock carrier at Fremantle before a COVID-19 outbreak was detected on board.
The WA Premier has conceded he has known since the weekend that two Australians were allowed to disembark a livestock ship at Fremantle before a COVID-19 outbreak was detected on board.
The pair disembarked the ship and were allowed to go home before 25 cases of COVID-19 on board were discovered. "The ship itself had not at that point in time recorded or reported any COVID and obviously had been at sea for a long period of time.Mr McGowan said the man from Sydney and woman from Busselton had both recorded negative results. 'The woman from Busselton is now in hotel quarantine "as a precaution", with Mr McGowan saying that was what "she wanted to do".
"We released as much information as possible, as quickly as possible, so the public is fully informed," Mr McGowan said.
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