Ruby Princess Deemed Low-Risk Without Info

Ruby Princess Deemed Low-Risk Without Info
The Ruby Princess docks at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 8, 2020. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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By AAP
Updated:

A New South Wales Health medical officer deemed the Ruby Princess cruise ship low-risk mainly because no passengers had been to countries with worrying COVID-19 outbreaks, an inquiry has heard.

NSW Health communicable disease senior medical officer Sean Tobin was one of several public health experts who gave the ill-fated cruise ship permission via email to disembark at Circular Quay on the afternoon of March 18.