Assumption Ruby Princess was Covid-free was ‘probably very stupid’, court hears

Former nurse, whose husband contracted coronavirus, alleges cruise ship company failed in its duty to take reasonable care of passengers

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Embarking on the Ruby Princess cruise at the start of the Covid pandemic believing the liner was free from the virus was very stupid", a judge has been told.

Giving evidence in the federal court on Monday, former nurse Susan Karpik said she had been extremely naive in expecting Princess Cruises to eliminate coronavirus from the Ruby Princess before the ship left Sydney on 8 March 2020.

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