Live Export Ship Crew Brings Virus to Western Australia

Live Export Ship Crew Brings Virus to Western Australia
A Pilot boat motors past the Al-Kuwait berthed in Fremantle Harbour on May 26, 2020 in Fremantle, Australia. Paul Kane/Getty Images
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A federal government department has been accused of knowing crew onboard a live export ship had fevers before they docked in Western Australia and tested positive to COVID-19.

Fremantle port workers may have been exposed to COVID-19 when they boarded an infected live export ship that had apparently been cleared by a federal department to dock, despite knowing some of the crew were ill.

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