Ruby Princess inquiry hears patient taken 'directly to Covid-designated area' at hospital

Ship ‘hurried’ to Sydney because it had coronavirus swabs that needed urgent testing, cruise line employee says

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A paramedic who took a sick passenger off the Ruby Princess wrote that the patient was “suspected [of] Covid”, a special inquiry has heard.

The trainee paramedic Simeon Pridmore also said that he was taken “directly to a Covid-designated area” when his ambulance arrived at Royal Prince Alfred hospital.

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