More than 10 per cent of NSW's coronavirus infections come from a cruise ship that was allowed to disembark 2647 passengers – including one on a stretcher – after it arrived in Sydney Harbour last Thursday.
That elderly female passenger, who had been taken straight from the Ruby Princess to a hospital with flu symptoms, died on Tuesday morning, making her the eighth person to succumb to COVID-19 in Australia.
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Brad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau. Connect with Brad on Twitter. Email Brad at brad.thompson@afr.com
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Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com
