Updated 11 April 2020 at 09:16 IST

Virus-infected Australian cruise ship arrives at Montevideo port

Around 110 Australians and New Zealanders are due to be evacuated from the Greg Mortimer and taken along a "sanitary corridor" to Montevideo's international airport, where they will take a medically equipped charter flight to Melbourne in Australia.

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An Australian cruise ship stranded off the coast of Uruguay for two weeks with more than 100 people aboard infected with the new coronavirus arrived at the port of Montevideo on Friday.

Around 110 Australians and New Zealanders are due to be evacuated from the Greg Mortimer and taken along a "sanitary corridor" to Montevideo's international airport, where they will take a medically equipped charter flight to Melbourne in Australia.

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Published By : Press Trust Of India

Published On: 11 April 2020 at 09:16 IST