Passengers Reckon With U.S. Coast Guard Guidance That Could Leave Virus-Stricken Cruise Ships At Sea ‘Indefinitely’
and its sister ship the Rotterdam, which are currently waiting off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to receive permission to dock.
Holland America Line sent on its plan for evacuating the guests should the ship be allowed to dock. Guests fit for travel would transfer straight to flights home. The “approximately 45 guests” with mild illness but are unfit to travel would stay on the ship until they recover. And the “estimated less than ten” people who need critical care, the cruise line said a local health system in Florida has agreed to accept them into treatment.
In a statement, the ship’s operator Holland America Line, confirmed that 97 guests and 136 crew members have reported “flu-like symptoms,” and that nine passengers aboard have tested positive for COVID-19. Four passengers have died, Holland America adds.Rick and Wendy de Pinho, passengers aboard the virus-stricken Zaandam cruise ship, pictured during their transfer to the Rotterdam cruise ship on Sunday.
Both ships are registered to the Netherlands, a spokesperson from Holland America Line tells TIME. More than 300 U.S. citizens are aboard them, per theOn Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state would accept Floridians who were aboard the
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