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When his throat first started hurting, John Brown didn’t think much of it.
It was March 2020 and the 48-year-old was onboard the Voyager of the Seas, a cruise travelling through the Pacific Islands.
“There were people on board that had the odd cough and splutter,” says Brown, a retired public servant living in Canberra, in Australia’s capital. He put it down to what regular cruisers refer to as “cabin cough” – the result of travelling for several days in air conditioning and close proximity to thousands of other passengers.
The ship docked in Sydney Harbour on 18 March. Brown was one of 34 passengers disembarking the ship who would go on to be diagnosed with Covid-19.
His symptoms were initially moderate – lethargy, a mild cough – but worsened 10 days after his diagnosis. He was admitted to intensive care with breathing difficulties and put on a ventilator. In hospital, Brown says, he was told by doctors that he was Canberra’s eighth confirmed coronavirus case.
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It was March 2020 and the 48-year-old was onboard the Voyager of the Seas, a cruise travelling through the Pacific Islands.
“There were people on board that had the odd cough and splutter,” says Brown, a retired public servant living in Canberra, in Australia’s capital. He put it down to what regular cruisers refer to as “cabin cough” – the result of travelling for several days in air conditioning and close proximity to thousands of other passengers.
The ship docked in Sydney Harbour on 18 March. Brown was one of 34 passengers disembarking the ship who would go on to be diagnosed with Covid-19.
His symptoms were initially moderate – lethargy, a mild cough – but worsened 10 days after his diagnosis. He was admitted to intensive care with breathing difficulties and put on a ventilator. In hospital, Brown says, he was told by doctors that he was Canberra’s eighth confirmed coronavirus case.
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