Eight crew members on-board a cargo ship in West Australian waters are suspected of being ill with Covid-19, including one person who will need medical treatment in Perth.
Premier Mark McGowan said one of the 19 crew on-board the bulk carrier Darya Krishna was “very unwell”.
“Authorities are looking at what to do with that particular person,” Mr McGowan told reporters on Monday morning.
“The weather is due to come in at lunch time, so they’re working out what to do.
“He is a second officer on-board, so they’ll have to work out how to get him off and get him into some sort of medical care.”
Mr McGowan said it could involve the use of a helicopter or a boat transfer.
He said the priority was to get the remaining crew tested and try to keep them on-board the ship.
“The idea is we keep them on-board the ship to recover,” he said.
The vessel, which is currently in waters off Rottnest Island, has crew who are mostly from India and the Philippines.
The ship sailed towards WA from Singapore on July 18 but had previously docked in Indonesia on July 8.
Meanwhile, the BBC California still has eight sick crew members, with two others recently recovering from the virus.
Health authorities confirmed on Sunday that the crew had contracted the Delta strain.
The BBC California departed Egypt last month and then travelled to ports in Indonesia before reaching WA waters.
Crew members are believed to be from the Philippines, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria.
Mr McGowan said he hoped the BBC California would sail away in the “coming days”.
The Premier also reiterated that shipping companies should make sure their crews did not go on shore at Indonesia ports.
“That’s something the shipping companies need to action immediately ... I spoke to the prime minister about it,” he said.
“The Commonwealth is working with the shipping companies to put in place protocols.”
Similar action was taken last year with the Philippines.
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