An Australian cruise ship stranded off the coast of Uruguay for two weeks with more than 100 people aboard infected with the new coronavirus arrived at the port of Montevideo on Friday.
Of the 217 people — passengers and crew — aboard the ship, 128 have tested positive for the virus.
The tourists were on an expedition to Antarctica, South Georgia and Elephant Island when their adventure was called off due to the nearest South American countries — Argentina and Chile — closing their borders and imposing lockdowns.It had been anchored in the Rio de la Plata since March 27. All are in a stable condition and earlier on Friday, Uruguay’s foreign ministry told AFP that three Australians undergoing hospital treatment would be allowed to board the flight to Melbourne as they are insufficiently good health to travel.Two of those are a couple who were brought ashore and taken to a hospital on Wednesday suffering from pneumonia, while the third person had been receiving clinical attention since last week.
Aurore said it was covering the transfer costs for all passengers and that the New Zealand government was organizing further travel on from Melbourne for its citizens.
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