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Pacific Explorer gets ‘amber’ rating on arrival in Sydney

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Pacific Explorer was due to sail again Monday on a four-night cruise to Moreton Island
After becoming the first foreign-flagged cruise ship to enter Australian waters after more than two years on April 18, P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Explorer docked in Sydney Monday morning with a reported 100 cases of COVID-19.

The ship, which was returning from a nine-night round cruise to Queensland with 2,800 passengers, was given an ‘amber’ moderate impact rating.

This covers 30 to 99 cases out of 1,000 passengers.

Coral Princess

Amber is the same rating that was applied to Princess Cruises’ Coral Princess when she arrived in Sydney last week with COVID-19 cases.

Pacific Explorer’s passengers had to provide a self-administered rapid antigen test within 24 hours of disembarking in Sydney with the results subject to random checks.

The company will provide isolation accommodation for infected passengers who don’t have private transport to get home.