More than 2,500 passengers on Ruby Princess disembarked in Sydney in MarchImage caption: More than 2,500 passengers on Ruby Princess disembarked in Sydney in March
On Monday we reported that elected officials in Australia had apologised after an inquiry found serious mistakes were made when more than 2,500 passengers were allowed to disembark from a cruise ship in Sydney in March.
This was when cruise ships were a significant
source of infections globally.
Passengers on the Ruby Princess were not tested,
despite suspected cases, and until June it was the source of Australias largest outbreak,
linked to 900 infections and 28 deaths.
A parliamentary committee has now heard
that federal officials failed to speak to the doctor on board the ship.
The country’s
secretary for agriculture, water and the environment, Andrew Metcalfe, admitted
to the Senate inquiry that protocols had not been followed on the vessel.
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