Cruise company still searching for port for virus shipSince a brief stop in Chile on March 14, the Zaandam cruise liner has been turned away from several ports after reporting that 42 people aboard were suffering from flu-like symptoms. [Image: AFP]Passengers on a virus-stricken cruise liner entered the Panama Canal in Central America Sunday after they were told the company was still searching for a port that will allow them to disembark, even as they pleaded for help. The Panama Canal Authority said the Zaandam liner had entered the canal, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on Sunday afternoon after transferring healthy passengers to another ship and restocking supplies. Ashford said in a video message the company was still trying to "figure out" where to disembark passengers from the stricken Zaandam liner -- four of whom have died. The Rotterdam also began transiting through the Panama Canal, authorities said Sunday.

Source: Standard Digital March 30, 2020 05:15 UTC