COVID-19 outbreak aboard a cargo ship off Australia's northwest coast
Posted: 2020, Sep 29, Tue, 9:51 am
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/artic ... irus-cases"Eight more members of the Filipino crew tested positive for the new coronavirus on Monday, bringing the number of infections to 17 out of a crew of 21.
The seven are part of an essential skeleton crew of nine. The other 10 infected crew members were in hotel quarantine at Port Hedland. None required hospital treatment.
Health authorities have warned of potentially disastrous consequences if the virus spreads among the remote Port Hedland community, particularly if it reaches surrounding Indigenous populations."