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		</div><p>More than 100 Australian and New Zealand cruise ship passengers, most of whom are infected with coronavirus, have landed in Melbourne after spending the last two weeks stranded in Uruguay.</p>
<p>A plane carrying 112 passengers from the Antarctic cruise ship Greg Mortimer touched down early on Sunday and was immediately boarded by medical staff in hazmat suits.</p>
<p>The flight was made up of 96 Australians and 16 New Zealanders- 13 of which were transferred to a charter flight home.</p>
<p>The operator of the Greg Mortimer, Aurora Expeditions, confirmed during the week that 128 of its 217 passengers have tested positive for Covid-19.</p>
<figure id="attachment_153322" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-153322" style="width: 680px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-153322" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/stream_2.53381730.jpg" alt="Coronavirus deaths and cases latest count" width="680" height="585" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-153322" class="wp-caption-text">(PA Graphic)</figcaption></figure>
<p>Uruguay foreign minister Ernesto Talvi said two Australian passengers remain in intensive care in a Montevideo hospital.</p>
<p>The ship was stranded in Uruguay for more than two weeks after leaving Argentina on March 15 for a 16-day return trip to Antarctica.</p>
<p><em>“Everybody who needs to go to hospital will go to hospital and the remaining passengers will go into quarantine in hotels,”</em> said Victoria state Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Annaliese van Diemen.</p>
<p>The returning New Zealanders will also be quarantined in hotels.</p>
<p><em>“As a large proportion of passengers on the Greg Mortimer have tested positive for Covid-19, all passengers are being treated as though they are Covid-positive as a precautionary measure,”</em> a foreign ministry spokesperson said.</p>
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