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Australian cruise ship in swine flu alert

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PASSENGERS LEAVE: Cruise ship docks in Brisbane to allow uninfected passengers off after three crew found to have swine flu.
PASSENGERS LEAVE: Cruise ship docks in Brisbane to allow uninfected passengers off after three crew found to have swine flu.

Scores of passengers have been allowed to leave a ship at an Australian port after medical tests indicated that a swine flu outbreak that cut short their Great Barrier Reef cruise appears to be restricted to three crew members.

Health officials screened 83 passengers as they disembarked from the Pacific Dawn in the Queensland state capital Brisbane on Saturday.

Hundreds more passengers who are now sailing on down the coast to Sydney were not allowed off the ship while it was docked.

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The Brisbane stop over was made for passengers who wanted to get off the ship early after three crew members tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

Australia's count of confirmed edged up by two on Saturday to 209. (AP)

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