Four people on board a cruise ship that docked in Sydney have tested positive to coronavirus, including a crew member.

The Ruby Princess arrived in Sydney yesterday after a short trip to New Zealand.

The ship had approximately 1100 crew and 2700 passengers on board.

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Officials have confirmed that 13 people who on board presented to the ship’s doctor with flu-like symptoms with three since diagnosed.

Two of those who are aged in their 70s are being treated in Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

One other had travelled on to Tasmania where they are now being cared for.

The infected crew member is still on board the ship, which is currently off the New South Wales South Coast without any passengers.

NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant is confident the ship can manage the situation.

“They have doctors on board the ship, they have ICU facilities, they have care,” Dr Chant said.

“They now, with all the passengers off the ship, they have the ability to reallocate all the crew to single rooms with bathrooms.”

NSW Health is now urgently trying to contact all those people who were on board.

Officials say those on board should already be in self-isolation, as per new Federal guidelines for anyone who has returned from overseas.

“The very big concern is those people came off the cruise ship with no knowledge of Covid actually being on their ship,” NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said.

“For that reason if they think that it’s not necessary to do the 14 days and if they think that it’s ok to be wandering around, the clear message from me as the New South Wales Health Minister is – no its not.

“Please put yourself into immediate quarantine for 14 days, self-isolate in your home or normal place of residence and start taking very serious note of your own health.”

It comes after New South Wales recorded another 75 new cases in the 24 hours to 11am this morning.

It takes the State’s total to 382.

Officials have confirmed that four people who attended a church service at the Ryde Civic Centre on March have tested positive to coronavirus.

Around 300 others who also attended the service are being urged to closely monitor their health for the next couple of days.