SYDNEY: Health officials in Australia's most populous state made 'unjustifiable' and 'inexcusable' mistakes which allowed cruise ship passengers ...
SYDNEY: Health officials in Australia's most populous state made"unjustifiable" and"inexcusable" mistakes which allowed cruise ship passengers with COVID-19 to disembark in central Sydney, an inquiry said on Friday ., with more than 600 cases and over 20 deaths directly linked to those passengers.Some 2,700 passengers, 120 of whom were feeling unwell, were allowed to leave the ship on Mar 19, helping spread the virus across the country and internationally.
The"decision to assess the risk as 'low risk', meaning in effect 'do nothing', is as inexplicable as it is unjustifiable," it added. Carnival Corp said the report confirmed that none of its employees misled Australian authorities, which was"of great importance to us because it goes to the integrity of our people"."In our more than 20 years in Australia, we have always sought to cooperate honestly and professionally with officials in accordance with the regulatory environment," Jan Swartz, president of Carnival's Princess Cruises unit, said in a statement.
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