Published 16:25 IST, March 20th 2020
Australia urges Ruby Princess passengers to self isolate after 4 test positive for virus
Australian authorities started a hunt for 2,700 passengers that got off the New Zealand-bound Ruby Princess cruise ship on March 19 in the central Sydney.
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Australian authorities started a hunt for 2,700 passengers that got off New Zealand-bound Ruby Princess cruise ship on March 19 in central Sydney. According to reports, after allowing passengers to get off ship, authorities discovered that four travellers from cruise h tested positive for coronavirus. w, Australian health authorities are looking for passengers who got off Ruby Princess on Thursday and are asking m to self-isolate.
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New South Wales state health minister Br Hazzard reportedly said that matter is of grave concern as re may well be or passengers from ship who could have h coronavirus and y unkwingly disembarked in Sydney with disease. Hazzard furr ded that passengers h provided ir emails and phone numbers and officials are making every effort to locate m.
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Australia has so far recorded 814 cases of coronavirus, of which 58 cases came in last 24 hours. According to data acquired by worldometer, 46 patients in country have recovered fully. data shows, Australia has logged in seven deaths since virus first broke out in December last year. total number of active cases in country is above 761 of which one patient remain under critical condition.
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Coronavirus outbreak
COVID-19 has claimed more than 10,000 lives across world and has infected nearly 2,45,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Italy, Iran and Spain are most affected countries outside mainland China, where, as of March 17 combined death toll stands at 5,520. Italy has w surpassed China to record most number of deaths in world due to virus outbreak.
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16:35 IST, March 20th 2020