The Newcastle Herald's Opinion, Saturday, October 10, 2020: Various organisations call for coordinated government action to repatriate seafarers during coronavirus crisis

Updated April 14 2021 - 11:38pm, first published October 10 2020 - 11:00am
Even without a case of COVID, the Anacapa Light crew would not be allowed off the wharf in Newcastle.
Even without a case of COVID, the Anacapa Light crew would not be allowed off the wharf in Newcastle.

THE strict protocols that swung into place when the bulk carrier Anacapa Light arrived in Newcastle on Thursday carrying a crew member with a suspected case of coronavirus can be viewed as the sort of vigilance demanded by the circumstances.

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