NSTworld Florida’s governor said Monday that he does not want a cruise ship with passengers suspected to be suffering from coronavirus to dock in his southern US state.
The Holland America Line vessel, the Zaandam, passed through the Panama Canal overnight as the company searched for a port that will allow passengers to disembark.
The Zaandam, which is carrying 1,800 passengers, went through the Panama Canal from the Pacific side overnight and into the Caribbean after canal authorities reversed a decision to block its passage. Holland America Line president Orlando Ashford said in a video message that the company was trying to find a destination for the stricken ship.
In his message, Ashford said he wanted to dispel a “myth” that one was a “healthy ship” and the other a “sick ship.”
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