On 1 April, the ship was off Port Botany. The International Transport Workers' Federation had called on the Australian government to allow the crew members to be disembarked so that they could be flown to their countries of residence. At that point, there were 15,000 crew members in 18 cruise ships sitting off the Australian coast. Six from "Ruby Princess" had been medically evacuated. Aspen Medical was contracted to carry out medical assessments on the ship and visited it on 2 April.