Passengers from a virus-hit cruise ship and its sister vessel, also struck with a handful of cases, started heading home Friday from Florida, after being stranded at sea for days. The Zaandam, operated by Holland America Line, began its stranger-than-fiction journey on March 7 in Buenos Aires -- before
1 / 4Medics transfer a patient on a stretcher from Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam after it docked at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMedics transfer a patient on a stretcher from Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam after it docked at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale - Passengers from a virus-hit cruise ship and its sister vessel, also struck with a handful of cases, started heading home Friday from Florida, after being stranded at sea for...
The Rotterdam came to its aid at sea, and the two vessels finally docked at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday -- with dozens of sick people aboard, and four dead. On Friday, buses escorted by local police will transport those passengers deemed fit to travel to airports, where they will transfer to charter flights -- without transiting the terminal.
Story continuesAll told, 107 passengers and 143 crew reported flu-like symptoms during the voyage, but many have since recovered. Only 11 tests were done, and nine were positive. But he eventually changed his tune, saying he had not immediately realized there were US citizens -- some of them Floridians -- involved.Another ship with coronavirus patients on board, the Coral Princess, is now also seeking safe harbor in Fort Lauderdale after some of its passengers and crew were diagnosed with the virus.
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