2,000 cruise ship passengers were ordered to isolate themselves after two passengers were confirmed to have the H1N1 virus. -- PHOTO: AP
CANBERRA (Australia) - AUSTRALIA'S government ordered more than 2,000 passengers of a visiting cruise ship to isolate themselves on Tuesday after two child passengers were confirmed to have the H1N1 virus, raising the country's total to 32.
Thirteen people were taken to hospital in Queensland state with flu symptoms after travelling on the super liner Pacific Dawn, where two children tested positive to so-called 'swine flu', Health Minister Nicola Roxon said.
A 41-year-old Canberra man became the first recorded H1N1 case in the nation's capital after returning from the United States, while four others tested positive in Victoria state. -- REUTERS
