"Positive test results from crew members on board the Sofrana Surville support the hypothesis that the port worker reported by the Ministry of Health on Sunday could have been infected while working on board," the ministry said in a statement. The hospitalised sailors will be recorded as two new cases in the state's virus count because they are now in the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. All 19 crew members on board the Sofrana Surville were tested on Wednesday off the coast of Mooloolaba after they were stopped from docking at Brisbane. It was originally reported the Kiwi engineer had tested positive to a strain of the virus not seen in New Zealand or Australia before. Two crew members on board the Sofrana Surville have been evacuated to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 22, 2020 21:11 UTC