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Two crew members tested positive for Covid-19 aboard the freighter believed to be the source of New Zealand’s recent community infections.
Sofrana Surville. Source: Facebook
The 19 crew members of the Sofrana Surville were tested after a New Zealand port worker who had been on the ship tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
Queensland Health says: “Arrangements are being made to transfer two crew members who tested positive for Covid-19 to a hospital on the ground.”
The container ship remains anchored and quarantined off Mooloolaba.
The ship was passing through Noumea and Brisbane when the health alert was issued.
According to the New Zealand Ministry of Health, another crew member tested weak positive, indicating a historical infection.
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Dr. Ashley Bloomfield provided the Wellington update on October 21. Source: 1 NEWS
The New Zealand dock worker who originally tested positive for the virus had worked in both Auckland and Taranaki in the past two weeks, including a short time at Sofrana Surville.
“The worker was on board the Sofrana Surville on October 12 and 13, performing maintenance work, wearing personal protective equipment,” says the Ministry of Health.
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Use of the government’s Covid Tracer app is as important as ever over the long weekend, they said. Source: 1 NEWS
“The specific genome sequence of the virus you have contracted has not been seen before in New Zealand.
“Australian authorities are conducting whole genome sequencing of the positive cases, which will help determine whether infected crew members are the likely source of the port worker’s infection.”
Yesterday, it was announced that two of the man’s co-workers also tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the potential ship-related cases here to three.
