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.