Health
Two crew members linked to NZ man with ‘new COVID-19 strain’ test positive on ship anchored off Qld – PerthNow
Two sailors on a cargo ship could be evacuated to hospital after testing positive to COVID-19, which is feared to be a strain not yet seen here.
All 19 crew members on board the Sofrana Surville were tested on Wednesday off the coast of Mooloolaba after they were stopped from docking at Brisbane.
A New Zealand engineer, who had worked on the same ship last week, tested positive to COVID-19 on Saturday in New Zealand.
It was originally reported the engineer had tested positive to a strain of the virus not seen in New Zealand or Australia before.
Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles said it was not yet counted as a Queensland case as…
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