Australian police said on Thursday they have taken the
“black box” of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected
with the coronavirus in Sydney, as part of a homicide investigation into the
country’s deadliest infection source.
The investigation got underway as the Australian authorities
said the rate of new coronavirus infections hit its lowest number in three
weeks and began arranging more flights to bring home citizens stranded abroad.
The Ruby Princess cruise ship, owned by Carnival Corp, has
become a flashpoint of public anger in Australia after authorities granted the
ship permission to disembark its passengers last month without health checks.
Hundreds of the passengers later tested positive for the
coronavirus and 15 have died, out of Australia’s roughly 6,000 confirmed cases
and 51 deaths.
Investigators boarded the ship at an industrial port south
of Sydney, interviewed the captain and took electronic logs as evidence, New
South Wales (NSW) state Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said.
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