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MS Zaandam - Unable to dock at any local ports. 1800 on board, 138 are sick, 4 are dead |
2020-03-28 |
"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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |
#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 |