MONTEVIDEO, April 11 ― An Australian cruise ship stranded off the coast of Uruguay for two weeks with more than 100 people aboard infected with the new coronavirus arrived at the port of Montevideo yesterday. Following an agreement between the governments of Uruguay and Australia, about 110...
Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer docks at the port in Montevideo, Uruguay April 10, 2020 before 112 Australian and New Zealander passengers are repatriated back to Australia during the Covid-19 outbreak. ― Reuters pic
The Australian and New Zealander tourists ― including people who tested negative and others confirmed ill with the virus ― will be taken on buses with a police escort straight to the runway without entering the terminal.Of the 217 people ― passengers and crew ― aboard the ship, 128 have tested positive for the virus.
Since then, eight people have been taken from the ship to hospitals in Montevideo with “life-threatening” conditions. “There will be practically no human contact” between the passengers and others during the transfer operation, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi said this week.
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