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Two COVID-positive patients on ship to come ashore – Byron Shire News
Mackay Mayor: ‘There’s a very, very tight operational bubble being put around the extraction of these two people’
TWO men aboard a cargo ship off the Mackay coast have tested positive for COVID-19.
The 21 crew members aboard the Dhun, anchored off Hay Point, were swabbed on Wednesday after anchoring in the early hours that day.
There have been several meetings today between various bodies to determine the next steps for the ship, which was coming in to load coal.
While there was initially some discussion the men would be transferred to Mackay Base Hospital, it is understood they could now be going to Tow…
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