People have asked why the state of New South Wales has such a higher number of cases of the virus than other states and territories.
Apart from the capital, Sydney, being Australia’s major gateway for international travel with many cases coming from overseas, two words encapsulate the reason ie. Ruby Princess.
This cruise ship docked in Sydney on 19th March after a trip around New Zealand ports.
Despite there being a number of suspicious health issues (maybe 140 ill passengers) on board, authorities let 2700 disembark without testing. They caught private and public transport and even overseas flights to get home.
Latest figures, above, show the large number NSW passengers diagnosed with the virus.
The national figure now tops 650 passengers.
Obviously this is a debacle of the highest order and both state and federal agencies are pointing fingers at one another while at the same time heading for cover.
The case is now under a criminal investigation led by NSW homicide detectives.
The ship is currently docked at a secure facility at Port Kembla just to the south of Sydney and is expected to be there 10 days while the investigation continues.
The ship’s ‘black box’ and other evidence has been seized.
The crew of 1000 have remained onboard.
Certainly some ‘heads will roll’ after this investigation is complete.
One can only speculate what our virus situation would be nationwide without this happening.
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