A Carnival Corp cruiseship that called at Sydney on 8 March with 158 sick passengers onboard is being blamed for spreading coronavirus.
A total of 2,700 passengers were allowed to disembark from the 113,500-gt Ruby Princess (built 2008) at the Sydney cruise terminal, and the same number joined to sail to New Zealand.
Prior to arriving in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), 158 passengers had reported being ill, including a number with coronavirus-like symptoms.
