Brit among four dead on coronavirus cruise ship stranded off Florida as health chiefs warn of ‘humanitarian disaster’
A British national is among four people to have died on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship stranded off Florida as health chiefs warn the bitter dispute to disembark passengers has become a "humanitarian disaster".
Governor Ron DeSantis told a news conference on Tuesday that Florida's health care resources were already stretched too thin by the coronavirus outbreak to take on the Zaandam's caseload. "Just to drop people off at the place where we're having the highest number of cases right now just doesn't make a whole lot of sense," Mr DeSantis told a news conference."They're dying on the ship," Mr Trump said. "I'm going to do what's right. Not only for us, but for humanity."
However, Broward County Commissioner Nan Rich said: "These people have been turned away from so many countries, one after the other. We are their last hope. What are we going to do? Let this ship go back out to sea and float around and let people die? I don't think so."
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