PANAMA CITY, March 27 (Reuters)– Four travelers have actually passed away aboard the MS Zaandam, a cruise liner presently off the shore of Panama with lots of visitors experiencing influenza-like signs, at the very least 2 of whom have coronavirus, the vessel’s driver claimed on Friday.

Zaandam had actually gotten on a South American cruise ship that left Argentina on March 7 and also had actually been set up to finish in San Antonio, Chile on March 21. Nobody has actually gotten off from the ship considering that it anchored in Punta Arenas, Chile almost 2 weeks earlier.

Holland America Line, the driver, said in a statement it “can confirm that four older guests have passed away.”

Some 53 visitors and also 85 staff have actually reported to the clinical facility with flu-like signs, the driver included, keeping in mind that “all ports” along Zaandam’s path are shut to cruise liner.

All informed, there are 1,243 visitors and also 586 staff aboard, along with 4 medical professionals and also 4 registered nurses, the declaration claimed.

The cruise ship driver claimed it wishes to move teams of healthy and balanced Zaandam travelers to its sis ship Rotterdam, which is currently together with the vessel of Panama.

Holland America Line claimed it was still collaborating with the Panamanian authorities to see if it might obtain authorization to transportation the Panama Canal and also cruise to Fort Lauderdale,Florida (Reporting by Elida Moreno; Writing by Dave Graham, Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

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