Around 53 guests and 85 crew have reported to the ship's medical centre with flu-like symptoms. FMTNews Covid19 Cruise
PANAMA CITY: Four passengers have died on a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of Panama with more than 130 others aboard suffering from influenza-like symptoms, at least two of whom have coronavirus, the vessel’s operator said on Friday.
Ian Rae, a London-based Scotsman on the ship with his wife, said most passengers were coping “pretty well” despite being in self-isolation since last Sunday. The Zaandam departed Argentina on March 7 and had been scheduled to end its journey in San Antonio, Chile on March 21. Nobody has disembarked from the ship since it docked in Punta Arenas on the southern coast of Chile nearly two weeks ago.
Other guests included Americans, Canadians and Australians as well as Germans, Italians, French, Spanish and New Zealanders, he said. “If they can just find a port to dock it would be a huge relief. The fact they’re just sitting onboard a ship, it’s like they’re sitting ducks,” said Neil Bedford, whose British parents, aged 65 and 63, are on board.
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