Livestock carrier reports 50% of crew with coronavirus
An outbreak of coronavirus was reported on a Kuwaiti livestock carrier off Fremantle, Western Australia, five months after another of the same company’s vessels had an outbreak in the same port
About half of the Al Messilah’s 52 crew have tested positive for coronavirus and plans are being drawn up to quarantine them on shore. The outbreak is the latest in a series of infections on ships entering the state, prompting calls for tighter virus controls for seafarers