A top NSW Health official has told an inquiry the assessment process that deemed the Ruby Princess "low risk" was outdated and should have been scrapped before the ship docked.The ship's arrival in Sydney is being probed in a special commission of inquiry in NSWAs the ship made its way to Circular Quay in mid-March, a team of public health physicians weighed up how much illness was on board and what symptoms passengers had reported.
Dr McAnulty was giving evidence at a special commission of inquiry into the way the Ruby Princess's arrival in Sydney was handled. "Have you just told me in effect that should all have been scrapped and written?" Commissioner Bret Walker SC asked.Read more about coronavirus:Once the ship had been deemed "low risk" by NSW Health, there was little departmental intervention at the dock.
Dr McAnulty was also asked about NSW Health guidelines to the public, released on March 12, which encouraged social distancing measures of keeping 1.5 metres between people in public spaces.
NSW health officials who are on six figure salaries did not have the commonsense or courage to make the right decision in the middle of a growing pandemic. If you want a bureaucrat to just follow a piece of paper you can pay them a lot less. At a time of crisis NSW Health failed!
it was criminal but nobody was sacked n nobody would own the disaster A bloody joke
entire country replies in unison, 'no dur!'
does anyone know if the Ruby Princess has 5G installed?
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