Ruby Princess passengers warned after crew member tests positive to tuberculosis
by Calla Wahlquist from Science | The Guardian on (#543JT)
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Passengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise ship have been sent another warning from the New South Wales health department, that they could have been exposed to tuberculosis.
The Ruby Princess voyage that arrived in Sydney on 19 March is responsible for about 10% of all coronavirus infections in Australia, and the bungled management of the outbreak has sparked two separate inquiries.
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