Australian and New Zealand passengers stranded on the Aurora Expeditions vessel Greg Mortimer will be evacuated on a humanitarian flight on April 9. Ernesto Talvi Uruguay’s foreign minister announced that the flight will retrieve 112 Australian and New Zealand passengers from the stricken ship.
Almost 60 percent of the people onboard Greg Mortimer—or 128 out of the 217 passengers and crew—have now tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
