Cruise ship still searching for port after 4 suspected Covid-19 deaths
Passengers aboard Holland America’s cruise ship Zaandam. Four people who died aboard had flu-like symptoms. The ship has yet to find a port to dock after the coronavirus scare. – AFP pic, March 30, 2020.
PASSENGERS on a virus-stricken cruise liner stranded off Panama in Central America were told the company was still searching for a port which will allow them to disembark, even as they pleaded for help. The admission by Holland America Line President Orlando Ashford came after the mayor of Fort Lauderdale – the ship’s intended destination – said the Florida city could not take the risk of accepting the passengers.
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