Tag: Zaandam Covid-19 virus onboard

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Trump calls on Florida to allow Zaandam to dock: “They are dying on the ship”

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Florida officials to open an Atlantic Coast port to a Dutch cruise ship stuck at sea with a deadly coronavirus outbreak onboard, urging the governor to drop his opposition.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 11:48 UTC

  The ordeal of the Zaandam: Florida state is rejecting to receive any passengers

  

  United States Senator Rick Scott is calling for protective measures for Floridians ahead of the Holland America’s Zaandam and Rotterdam expected arrival at Port Everglades.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Zaandam and Rotterdam on their way to Florida, where strict debarkation measures await

  

  Holland America Zaandam cruise ship, carrying four bodies and scores of patients with coronavirus-like symptoms, has been given permission to cross the Panama Canal, allowing them to continue their journey toward Florida, the cruise line’s president said Sunday.

• Saturday, March 28th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Four passengers dead on the MS Zaandam which last called in Punta Arenas

  

  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.