41 passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on German cruise ship admitted in Australia

Over 800 passengers and staff aboard  Artania cruise liner are being repatriated back home on chartered planes, while at least 41 ors, who tested positive for COVID-19 disease, were mitted to Australian healthcare facility after medics argued over treatment of patients, confirmed an ncy report. 

Health officials h earlier anunced to mit those infected to Hollywood and Besda hospitals in city of Perth. paramedics, however, argued that hospitals weren’t sufficiently equipped to cope with influx of patients. refore, Federal government later struck a deal with a private Joondalup Health Campus, which has also been testing a large number of patients. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a statement as of March 30, that  humanitarian hospital care will be me available to confirmed cases of coronavirus in one of state’s premier facilities.  

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200 on Vasco Da Gama quarantined

Western Australia state Premier, Mark McGowan, was quoted by a news ncy as saying that 844 Artania passengers and crew are being flown on four chartered flights to ir homes. He furr ded that at least 479 crew remained on vessel and he expects ship to leave Western Australia port in over a few days' time. As many as 200 Australians, mostly residents of Western Australia, who were aboard a different vessel named Vasco da Gama that was docked off Perth were ferried to Rottnest Island to quarantine for 14 days on March 30, confirmed ncy reports. 

According to ncy reports, at least 3 crew members were evacuated overnight at Australia’s east coast, which has lately become hotbed of coronavirus cases. Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant of New South Wales was reported saying that 3 evacuated tested positive to vel coronavirus, and were t Australians. He said that three were rescued out of a ship Ruby Princess, anchored off Sydney coast.  Sydney police escorted patients to nearby hospital and arrangements were being me to contact back home. At least 300 people were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 disease onboard vessel. 

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(With AP inputs)