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Xinhua: Cars queued up at expressway toll gates and passengers prepared to board trains as Wuhan ended nearly 11 weeks of lockdown at midnight
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Nearly 60 percent of 217 people - many from Australia, Europe and the United States - on board a cruise ship off the coast of Uruguay have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the ship’s operator said Tuesday.
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Infected Ruby Princess passengers transmit virus to 19 people ashore
April 7, 2020 — 10.05pm
At least nineteen people across Australia have been infected with COVID-19 after coming into contact with passengers allowed to disembark from the Ruby Princess cruise ship in Sydney.
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The ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise ship will stay in Australian waters despite the Border Force ordering all vessels to leave due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ABF Commissioner Michael Outram said all foreign cruise ships which asked for permission to stay in local waters had their requests knocked back on Saturday.
But the Ruby Princess in Sydney and Artania in Perth will be allowed to stay in the short-term as hundreds of crew members fight illness following a COVID-19 outbreak on board.
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Cruise ships ordered out of Qld waters
Sonia Kohlbacher
There’ll be more COVID-19 testing in Qld, with 32 of the state’s cases having an unknown source.
All cruise ships anchored in Queensland waters will leave by Wednesday as the state continues to crack down on movements to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Nine cruise ships had been off the coast and the four that now remain have been ordered to leave Queensland waters by one minute before midnight on Wednesday.
The total number of diagnoses in Queensland has reached 934 with an additional 13 cases overnight.
Of the current cases, 42 people had been hospitalised and 11 are in intensive care on ventilation.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6714084/cruise-ships-ordered-out-of-qld-waters/?cs=14231