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A group of Sydney port workers has been given the all-clear after 12 crew were infected with COVID-19 on board a vessel when it docked in Port Botany.

The bulk liquids vessel came from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, stopping in Sydney for 24 hours when 15 port workers boarded the ship wearing personal protective

equipment. No crew disembarked during its stop. The body of one of the crew was found washed up on a beach in Vanuatu earlier this month and tested positive for coronavirus.

 

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