Trump Urges Florida to Let Cruise Ship With Infected Passengers Dock

The Zaandam cruise ship (L) carrying some guests with flu-like symptoms, is anchored shortly after it arrives in the bay of Panama City, on March 27, 2020. Arnulfo Franco/AP

President Donald Trump said he would ask Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to allow the docking of a cruise ship with passengers who have had contact with patients suffering from COVID-19.

As of Tuesday evening, four people on Holland America’s Zaandam cruise ship had died, according to a statement by company officials, with eight people testing positive for the CCP virus.