Coronavirus NSW live updates: ADF deployed to find cruise cases

Coronavirus NSW live updates: ADF deployed to find cruise cases




A Tamworth man who contracted coronavirus onboard the Ruby Princess says he was waived through customs with no health checks after returning to Sydney on the infectious cruise ship.
Greg Butler, 56, arrived back in Sydney on Thursday and said authorities waved passengers through security without taking their temperature.
“They didn’t check bags, they didn’t check passports… We could have brought a bag of heroin in and walked straight through with it,” he said.
Mr Butler said he travelled home on public transport and was notified the next day of the confirmed cases onboard before starting to feel symptoms himself - a bad headache, cough and "pins and needles."
“They’ve just let nearly 3000 people into the city, god knows how many people had the virus.”
Meanwhile, ADF personnel have been deployed in "Contract Tracing Support Teams" to help NSW Health officials track down Ruby Princess passengers.
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Coronavirus statistics
140
134
5
319
669
32
355
22
Days since the virus was discovered
76:days20:hours06:minutes12seconds
Chinese Cases
China Flag 81,454
Highest total cases by country outside of China
Global Cases
340,719
Total Deaths
14,744
Total Recovered
98,851
Source - World Health Organization, Australian Government, AAP, Reuters, Johns Hopkins, other media
Location: Australia

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