The Western Australian government doesn't want another cargo ship carrying potentially sick crew to dock in the state but may not be able to stop it.
Crew members the Indonesian ship Darya Krisha, which is currently off Kalbarri and due to anchor in Fremantle as early as tomorrow, are unwell with COVID-like symptoms.
Four of the 20 people on board are sick but testing has not been done.
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It's suspected this is the fourth ship to sail to WA from Indonesia with positive cases.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan wants to turn the vessel around but that is a call that must be made by the Federal Government.
"Our preference with these sorts of things is that the ship leaves as soon as possible to reduce the risk and set the right example because we don't want the ships coming with infected crew members," he said today.
"Obviously, that's not entirely within our control because there are Commonwealth authorities involved here, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's involved in these things and they're generally of the view the ship should come in."
Genomic sequencing has just confirmed another ship berthed at Fremantle is carrying the highly contagious Delta variant.
Last week the BBC California docked off Perth and at least 10 of its 14 crew members tested positive for coronavirus.
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