{"id":122261,"date":"2021-04-22T22:42:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=122261"},"modified":"2021-04-22T22:42:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:42:52","slug":"sydney-crew-boarded-a-covid-riddled-ship-full-of-infected-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/sydney-crew-boarded-a-covid-riddled-ship-full-of-infected-sailors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney crew boarded a Covid-riddled ship full of infected sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alert after Sydney crew boarded a Covid-riddled ship full of infected sailors including a man whose body mysteriously washed up on Vanuatu &#8211; but weren&#8217;t tested for three WEEKS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sydney workers boarded a ship which has 12 Covid-infected crew on board<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The ship later left for Vanuatu and one of the sailor&#8217;s bodies washed up on shore\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vanuatu has banned outbound travel from its main island,\u00a0Efate, for three days\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The body of a Filipino fisherman was discovered near of Port Vila on April 11\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prime Minister Bob Loughman announced the body tested positive to Covid\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Workers at Port Botany boarded a ship where a dozen sailors later tested positive to Covid-19 during a 24-hour window that it was docked in Sydney &#8211; but weren&#8217;t tested for the virus until three weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>The Inge Kosan bulk ship came from Papua New Guinea and arrived in Sydney on March 31 before leaving for Vanuatu &#8211; where 12 of the 13 workers on board tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>The body of a man believed to be from the ship later washed up dead onshore on the island.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Health revealed 15 workers boarded the ship for &#8216;routine activities&#8217;, with all of them not tested for Covid-19 until this week -raising fears that an infection could have been missed and spread out into the community.<\/p>\n<p>So far, only six have returned negative tests with the rest still pending.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/22\/21\/42100312-9501685-image-a-12_1619124867522.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>15 Australian workers boarded a Covid-infected ship in Port Botany &#8211; but weren&#8217;t tested until three weeks later (pictured, another ship at the port)<\/p>\n<p>Vanuatu banned outbound travel from its main island for three days after the Covid-infected body washed up on a beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The body of a\u00a0Filipino fisherman was discovered near the capital of Port Vila on April 11 and was then taken to a\u00a0local mortuary for testing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vanuatu authorities detained\u00a0a UK-flagged tanker after the remains were discovered, RNZ reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Bob Loughman announced the body tested positive to coronavirus and imposed the three-day travel ban from the country&#8217;s main island Efate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/20\/02\/41968982-9489387-image-m-47_1618880811022.jpg\" height=\"863\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The body of a Filipino fisherman was discovered near the capital of Port Vila on April 11 (pictured, police at the scene)<\/p>\n<p>The restriction on travel was brought in while authorities conduct contact tracing to ensure the infection hasn&#8217;t spread wider across the islands.<\/p>\n<p>Mr\u00a0Loughman encouraged locals to get tested at\u00a0Vila Central.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Director General of Health\u00a0Russell Tamata said 16 people are quarantining at\u00a0Ramada Hotel following the discovery of the Covid-positive body.<\/p>\n<p>The quarantine hotel guests are mostly police officers who attended the scene when the fisherman was discovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The likelihood of community transmission is minor, Mr\u00a0Tamata said.<\/p>\n<p>Vanuatu has only recorded three coronavirus cases since the pandemic began over a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/04\/20\/02\/41969008-9489387-image-a-46_1618880738863.jpg\" height=\"397\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vanuatu has banned outbound travel from its main island for three days after a Covid-infected body washed up on a beach. 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