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Canberra
Forty-one passengers and crew members who caught the coronavirus on board a German cruise ship have stayed in Australia, while 844 apparently healthy people were flown out in four charter flights overnight, authorities have said.
The Western Australia state government wants to be rid of the virus-struck Artania cruise liner, which has been moored in Fremantle, south of Perth, since Thursday.
“The Artania cruise ship operation has been a tremendous effort from all involved,” Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said in a press conference on Monday evening.
A total of 844 Artania passengers and crew have now departed in four Condor Airlines flights from Perth Airport, with the help of the Australian Border Force and the German government, he said.
“Currently, I understand, about 479 crew members remain on the ship. And I expect and hope that ship will leave Western Australia in the coming days,” McGowan said. The 41 people staying in Australia are not part of this group.
Paul Armstrong, an Australian official who led the medical team on Artania, said “27 people - 14 passengers and 13 crew members - were tested positive” on Sunday evening and “two others were probables.”
All 29 remain in Australia, Armstrong told reporters on Monday.
“There could be quite a number of passengers from Artania with coronavirus who have left for Germany,” he said.
Earlier, 12 people from Artania were transferred to public hospitals in Perth after testing positive for coronavirus. Additionally, 16 others - who are partners, family members, or carers of the Covid-positive people - from the ship are also staying back in Australia, a Health Department spokesperson said.
“They will be in self-quarantine. We will put them in hotels,” she told dpa on Monday.
Canberra
Forty-one passengers and crew members who caught the coronavirus on board a German cruise ship have stayed in Australia, while 844 apparently healthy people were flown out in four charter flights overnight, authorities have said.
The Western Australia state government wants to be rid of the virus-struck Artania cruise liner, which has been moored in Fremantle, south of Perth, since Thursday.
“The Artania cruise ship operation has been a tremendous effort from all involved,” Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said in a press conference on Monday evening.
A total of 844 Artania passengers and crew have now departed in four Condor Airlines flights from Perth Airport, with the help of the Australian Border Force and the German government, he said.
“Currently, I understand, about 479 crew members remain on the ship. And I expect and hope that ship will leave Western Australia in the coming days,” McGowan said. The 41 people staying in Australia are not part of this group.
Paul Armstrong, an Australian official who led the medical team on Artania, said “27 people - 14 passengers and 13 crew members - were tested positive” on Sunday evening and “two others were probables.”
All 29 remain in Australia, Armstrong told reporters on Monday.
“There could be quite a number of passengers from Artania with coronavirus who have left for Germany,” he said.
Earlier, 12 people from Artania were transferred to public hospitals in Perth after testing positive for coronavirus. Additionally, 16 others - who are partners, family members, or carers of the Covid-positive people - from the ship are also staying back in Australia, a Health Department spokesperson said.
“They will be in self-quarantine. We will put them in hotels,” she told dpa on Monday.
