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It's emerged that more than 150 sick passengers departed a cruise ship in Sydney earlier this month with only a handful tested for coronavirus.
More than 150 sick passengers left a cruise ship in Sydney earlier this month and wandered off back home with no instruction to self-isolate, it has emerged. Only nine of those were tested for coronaviurs.
The ship, the Ruby Princess, later cruised to New Zealand and back with four of the new passengers now testing positive for COVID-19.
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Australia now has 1068 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 436 in New South Wales, 229 in Victoria, 184 in Queensland, 67 in South Australia, 90 in Western Australia, 11 in Tasmania, nine in the Australian Capital Territory and five in the Northern Territory.
Seven people have died – one in Western Australia and six in New South Wales – and 43 have recovered.
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