A cruise ship carrying over 100 COVID-19 cases has docked in Sydney, with passengers who tested positive not allowed to disembark.
The Coral Princess, carrying more than 2,300 people and 118 COVID cases, docked in Circular Quay at about 6:30 a.m. on July 13.
NSW Health asked passengers to take a rapid antigen test (RAT) before disembarking and required those infected to be isolated on board for the time being.
“While a small number of passengers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since boarding the Coral Princess, their infections were most likely acquired prior to boarding, and they subsequently tested positive,” reads an NSW Health statement….