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2020-03-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

MS Zaandam - Unable to dock at any local ports. 1800 on board, 138 are sick, 4 are dead

[Business Insider] Four passengers have died aboard Holland America Line's stranded MS Zaandam cruise ship, according to a recording leaked to Business Insider from a sister ship sent to rescue healthy passengers.

"I am also sad to share that four older Zaandam guests have passed away," the captain of the MS Rotterdam said in the recording of a shipwide announcement provided to Business Insider. "Three between yesterday and last night, and one a few days ago. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, and the Zaandam team is doing everything they can to support them during this difficult time."

A Holland America crew member sent Business Insider a recording of the Rotterdam's captain announcing the deaths, as well as news from medical staffers confirming at least two cases of COVID-19 aboard the Zaandam.

The Rotterdam rendezvoused with the Zaandam on Thursday night off the coast of Ecuador to deliver medical supplies, including COVID-19 tests. The Rotterdam has no guests on board, but crew members on the ship have said it is staffed with 611 people.

According to a memo leaked by a Rotterdam crew member, the ship is now also tasked with rescuing healthy Zaandam guests.

The crew member sent Business Insider pictures of a printed memo dated Wednesday and titled "Rotterdam Humanitarian Mission FAQ." The rescue-response memo began with the question "Why do we need to do this?"

Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-28 04:27|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Interesting. Now that they've tests, we'll what's proportion of test-positive to symptomatic.
What we have now is 142/1800 = 8%

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-28 07:12|| 2020-03-28 07:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Cruise ships contain many Middle-East, African and Asian members. Imagine spending 6 months on the ship then being off for 6 months, repeat. This is ALMOST as bad as being in the US Navy.

Posted by Boss Dingle7996 2020-03-28 10:36|| 2020-03-28 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't expect much more success from the closed ventilation hospital ships. Hopefully they will only be providing ICU and surgery for ER trauma.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-28 18:52|| 2020-03-28 18:52|| Front Page Top

#4 I took a "Behind the Scenes" tour of a big Carnival Cruise ship where they walked us past the on board brig and the "death at Sea" facilities. They had a total capacity of 6 "toe tag customers" at one time. Sounds like this cruise is getting close.

Posted by Capsu78 2020-03-28 19:45|| 2020-03-28 19:45|| Front Page Top

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