Coronavirus NSW live updates: ADF deployed to find cruise cases
A NSW man who contracted COVID-19 onboard the Ruby Princess which docked in Sydney last week says he was waved through customs without health checks. A team of Defence Force personnel has been deployed to help NSW health authorities track down other passengers from the infected ship. LIVE UPDATES
A Tamworth man who contracted coronavirus onboard the Ruby Princess says he was waved through customs with no health checks after returning to Sydney on the infectious cruise ship.
Greg Butler, 56, arrived back in Sydney on Thursday and said authorities waved passengers through security without taking their temperature.
“They didn’t check bags, they didn’t check passports… We could have brought a bag of heroin in and walked straight through with it,” he said.
Mr Butler said he travelled home on public transport and was notified the next day of the confirmed cases onboard before starting to feel symptoms himself - a bad headache, cough and "pins and needles."
“They’ve just let nearly 3000 people into the city, god knows how many people had the virus.”
Meanwhile, ADF personnel have been deployed in "Contract Tracing Support Teams" to help NSW Health officials track down Ruby Princess passengers.
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