Cruise ship with 800 Covid-positive passengers docks in Sydney

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A cruise ship with hundreds of Covid-positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia, after being hit by a wave of infections.The Majestic Princess cruise ship was about halfway through a 12-day voyage when an outbreak of cases was noticed, Carnival Australia president Marguerite Fitzgerald told reporters in a media briefing on Saturday.Latter said the outbreak aboard the Majestic Princess was “reflective of an increase in community transmission in Australia.”Australia has seen an uptick in Covid cases recently, leading to more caution from within the government.In a later statement, Fitzgerald said Carnival Australia have made over 50 international and domestic voyages “with a vast majority of more than 100,000 guests unimpacted by Covid.”“However, the emergence of Covid in the community has meant we have seen a rise in positive cases on the last three voyages,” she said.This extends to not only caring for our guests, but also for the wider community in which we operate and visit,” Fitzgerald said."

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