Majestic Princess cruise ship docks with 800 positive Covid cases onboard
A huge cruise ship with hundreds of positive cases on-board is set to disembark in Sydney early this morning.   


News.com.au
November 12, 2022

A cruise ship with around 800 cases of Covid-19 on board has docked in Sydney this morning just as the state declares a fourth wave of the virus.

The Majestic Princess pulled into Sydney’s international cruise ship passenger terminal at Circular Quay at around 6am on Saturday.

Video posted to social media captured the moment it pulled into the harbour with passengers clinging to their balcony.

Almost one in four guests on board have now been diagnosed with Covid-19 after a 12-day trip around New Zealand.

The Majestic Princess cruise ship has been hit by an outbreak of Covid-19.

There are 800 passengers on-board with COVID-19.

Ambulance crews were standing by at the overseas passenger terminal as people prepared to disembark the ship.

A Princess Cruises spokesperson confirmed the outbreak and said positive cases were isolating in their rooms this morning.

“These guests are mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic and are isolating in their staterooms. All unimpacted guests are wearing masks and this will continue when they disembark in Sydney on 12 November,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

“Reflective of the increase in community transmission, we too have seen more guests test positive for Covid-19 on the current voyage of Majestic Princess.”


The outbreak is the single biggest case of cruise ship infections in Australia since the Ruby Princess docked in 2020.

There were 900 covid cases on board that ship and 28 people died during the subsequent outbreak.   

NSW Health is liaising with the cruise operator in the wake of the outbreak to “monitor the health of its passengers and crew members”.

“NSW Health’s assessment is that the Covid-19 risk level for the Majestic Princess is now Tier 3, which indicates a high level of transmission,” a spokesman said in a statement.   

Private transport has been arranged for guests who have tested positive to travel to isolation.


There are a total of 4600 people on board including 1300 crew. 

“Carnival has advised NSW Health that passengers disembarking from the ship have undertaken a rapid antigen test in the 24 hours leading up to disembarkation,” a NSW Health spokesman said.

“Carnival has advised NSW Health that they are assisting passengers with Covid-19 to make safe onward travel arrangements.”



It comes as a fourth wave of Covid has been declared in most eastern states.
Ambulance crews were waiting for passengers to disembark.

The outbreak comes as its announced that NSW has entered a fourth wave of Covid-19, with chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant saying that current omicron variants circulating in the community are able to escape immunity.

“The wave is taking off with some trajectory, it will be quite a steep wave and hopefully the decline will be equally as steep,” she told ABC.

It is the latest in a string of cruise ship Covid outbreaks after the infamous Ruby Princess in 2020.   

“That’s why it’s important the community takes these protective measures now and I can’t stress the urgency — if you’re going to get vaccinated do it immediately.”

whiteknight wrote on Nov 12^th, 2022 at 8:29am:


The headline should be 800 fully vaccinated people catch covid on cruise ship.

Well - there go the property values again...

And... in keeping with our fine new Covid tradition of not learning anything from mistakes (or just ignoring them)...

"When disembarkation takes place the cruise ship will then be disinfected and will take on new passengers before shipping out later today"

Hope they're stocking up on hand sanitiser because I'm sure that will be a big help. 

Wouldn't it be funny if all of these "new passengers" decided not to turn up for their cruise after seeing what's happened so far?

But, I doubt that will happen, some peoples' holidays seem to be more important than worrying about their health (and the health of others).

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 12^th, 2022 at 10:26am:


Might be a few contenders in there for the Darwin Awards as well.

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 12^th, 2022 at 10:36am:


Ah, sorry Grap. I thought you were talking about the passengers.

Medals... yes... like they gave to some of the death and disease merchants in the UK a while back. The more death and disease they cause, the more medals they get.

Saving money on age pensions and the health system by "burning off the dry tinder" like our pollies are doing here right now.

Appalling stuff.

Baronvonrort wrote on Nov 12^th, 2022 at 8:49am:


👆 Anyone who supports vaccines want to have a go at this FACT?

Meantime I'm totally unvaccinated and I've yet to experience Covid19 personally.

Oh and I've had to take care of a triple jabbed Covid19 positive husband THREE times!

My HONEST opinion?

• The vaccines to date were rushed through are were not fit for purpose.

• The multiple jabs required to maintain vaccine passport currency is destroying people's natural immunity.

• The cumulative effect of the above 2 factors --> Covid19 numbers will continue to escalate and will slowly but surely totally destroy global human population levels. Only the fittest will survive.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 12^th, 2022 at 8:36am:


And fat old people looking for a root?