CPD cruise ship doctors get early release from their hotel quarantine

They spent almost a month at sea and are now considered a 'low risk' COVID-19 threat.
The MS Roald Amundsen. Photo: Hurtigruten

Dozens of doctors forced into quarantine after their CPD cruise ship was stranded off the coast of Chile have been released early following a sudden backflip by NSW Health officials.

The doctors originally sailed into a political storm after arriving at Sydney airport two weeks ago when 27 reportedly returned home before public health orders were issued demanding they go into quarantine.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed they had “done the wrong thing”.

Since then, the rest of the party have been kept in their rooms at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney.