Gov. DeSantis says Florida can't take sick cruise ship passengers

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Gov. DeSantis says Florida can't take sick cruise ship passengers

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by Lizandra Portal, WPEC Staff
Monday, March 30th 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WPEC) – The Holland America cruise ship with four dead passengers and more patients infected with the coronavirus is cleared to cross the Panama Canal, according to the Sun-Sentinel.

But whether it reaches Florida, remains to be seen. Gov. DeSantis told Fox News, “We cannot afford to have people who are not even Floridians dumped into South Florida using up those valuable resources," said DeSantis, according to the Sun-Sentinel. “We view this as a big, big problem and we don’t want to see people dumped in southern Florida right now.”
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Governor says he wants ill cruise passengers headed to South Florida to stay on ship while treated


At least four people have died on that cruise ship.

By
Ryan Nicol
on
March 30, 2020
A cruise ship carrying ill passengers with symptoms similar to the COVID-19 virus is continuing toward South Florida. But Gov. Ron DeSantis says he does not want those passengers to leave the ship.

DeSantis said Monday he wants the passengers treated on the ship should it eventually dock at Port Everglades.

“We think it’s a mistake to be putting people into Southern Florida right now given what we’re dealing with,” DeSantis said.

“We would like to have medical personnel simply dispatched to that ship — and the cruise lines can hopefully arrange for that — [and] tend to folks who may need medical attention. But I think a lot of these are foreign nationals. And we want to make sure we have the beds available for the folks here in Southern Florida.”

At least four people have died on that Holland America cruise ship. Dozens more are reportedly sick. The ship does not have t...:tiphat:https://floridapolitics.com/archives...s-stay-on-ship