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Ruby Princess passengers on Qantas flight infected at least eight others – Sydney Morning Herald
Just hours after they were allowed to disembark from the Ruby Princess, 13 passengers unknowingly took the virus on a flight to Perth – where it spread.
Out of 30 Ovation of the Seas passengers, who had arrived in Sydney the previous day, four had the virus and one was infectious.
Of the 11 people likely to have contracted the virus on the flight, four had commenced their journeys from different US cities and had taken an overnight flight from Los Angeles, which landed at Sydney Airport on the morning of March 19.
All had viruses that matched the cruise ship strain, which was not circulating in the US at the time of the flight, the researchers…
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