Carnival is working with U.S. officials on a plan to allow healthy passengers to leave the Zaandam ship in Florida. Four people are dead on the cruise, and nearly 200 are suspected to have COVID-19.
Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam navigates through the Panama Canal on Sunday. Passengers and crew, some of whom may have COVID-19, have been stranded on the ship while looking for a country to accept them.Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam navigates through the Panama Canal on Sunday. Passengers and crew, some of whom may have COVID-19, have been stranded on the ship while looking for a country to accept them.
Under the plan Carnival is discussing with Broward County officials, the company would charter planes and buses to take healthy passengers directly from the port in Fort Lauderdale to their destinations. Among the many foreign passengers on the cruise, Carnival says there were 250 Canadians, 120 Australians, plus passengers from Ireland, the United Kingdom and other European countries.
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