Coral Princess cruisers required to test before going ashore in Sydney

'Amber' is a safety notice to local health officials about potential quality and safety issues requiring risk assessment at the local level.

Isolation onboard

All infected people are in isolation onboard and are being cared for by the ship’s medical staff.

A spokesperson for Princess Cruises said around 10 more passengers returned a positive RAT (rapid antigen test) before disembarking.

Day in Sydney

All passengers getting off the ship for the day in Sydney were required to return a negative RAT before departing, but several media outlets, including the Australian Financial Review, reported some passengers disembarked without showing proof of a negative result.

Coral Princess, on a 12-day round-trip from Brisbane, sailed from Sydney late Wednesday.

She is due to return to her homeport at the new Brisbane International Cruise Terminal on July 22.

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