Australian Police Launch Criminal Probe Over Coronavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship

SYDNEY—Australian police have introduced a legal investigation into no matter whether workers of a cruise ship that docked in Sydney misled authorities about a coronavirus outbreak amongst passengers and crew aboard.

The crew of the Ruby Princess, operated by Carnival Australia, experienced advised authorities that some passengers ended up suffering from flulike signs when the cruise ship docked in Sydney past thirty day period, but that Covid-19—the sickness induced by the new coronavirus—wasn’t an challenge, police say.

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