COVID-19 test for another WA ship's crew
A crew member from a cargo ship docked at Fremantle Port has been tested for COVID-19, West Australian authorities have confirmed.
The crew member aboard the Kota Legit vessel was tested after it emerged they had been unwell while the ship was at sea, WA Health said in a statement on Sunday.
The result of the test is not yet known.
"The crew member is currently well but as a precautionary measure that crew member was tested for COVID-19 yesterday," WA Health said.
"The result of that of test will be available soon.
"The rest of the crew remain well. Any necessary changes to the further management of the ship will be made once that test result is known. In the meantime, the ship will remain at Fremantle Port with all crew remaining onboard."
The ship arrived in Fremantle after a seven-day voyage from Port Klang in Malaysia. It's believed to have been in China and Singapore prior to that.
It comes as authorities continue to deal with an outbreak of 17 cases on the Patricia Oldendorff bulk carrier off Port Hedland.
The vessel, carrying 20 Filipino nationals and the captain, arrived from Manila on September 16 and is anchored eight nautical miles off WA's northwest coast.
Nine people remain on the ship as essential crew, seven of whom have tested positive.
There are also a dozen crew members in quarantine at the fenced-off Hedland Hotel and 10 of them have tested positive.
None are seriously unwell.
Authorities are confident the ship will set sail in the next week.
WA recorded no new cases on Sunday and has 17 active cases.
