MANILA, May 7 — A cruise ship at the heart of Australia’s biggest coronavirus cluster arrived off the Philippines on Thursday to repatriate more than 200 crew, leaving behind weeks of outrage and acrimony over why symptomatic passengers were allowed to disembark. Just under a quarter of...
Thursday, 07 May 2020 05:13 PM MYT
Just under a quarter of Australia’s 97 coronavirus deaths can be traced back to Carnival Corp’s Ruby Princess, which has been a flashpoint for anger in Australia and the focus of a criminal investigation after a spike in cases followed its March 19 arrival in Sydney. A special commission of inquiry in Australia has been hearing testimony this week about events leading up to the unloading of about 2,700 passengers without health checks.
Carnival has said it would cooperate with the investigation by the New South Wales state homicide squad.
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